▪ I. unˈsprung, ppl. a.1
[un-1 8 b.]
Not having sprung up or sprouted.
| 1600 Fairfax Tasso i. xlix, His hopes Vnsprong, his cares were fit to mowe. 1684 J. S. Profit & Pleas. United 106 To prevent the Crows or daws falling on the Corne unsprung. |
▪ II. unˈsprung, ppl. a.2
[un-1 8 b + sprung ppl. a.2]
Not provided with a spring or springs. Of a (dance-)floor: not constructed so as to be resilient.
| 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station i. 32 The floats of seaplanes were practically unsprung. 1939 M. Allingham Mr Campion & Others i. viii. 171 A small unsprung dance-floor. 1973 R. Perry Ticket to Ride xii. 162 Both bunks boasted a mattress of sorts, thin and unsprung. |