The Collaborative International Dictionary
Springhead
Springhead \Spring"head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n. A fountain or source.
Wiktionary
springhead
n. 1 A source of a natural spring. 2 (context figuratively English) A source.
Usage examples of "springhead".
Something had poisoned the brooh, somehow, and its creatures had sought up to the springhead for cleaner water.
The narrow rectangle straddled the springhead and the first ten feet of its stream.
Across the common, below the rocky, flower-shrouded springhead, was the lodge atop its tall foundation of yellow stone.