springhead


spring·head

S0672300 (sprĭng′hĕd′)n. A fountainhead; a source: a society that was the springhead of Western legal thought.

springhead

(ˈsprɪŋˌhɛd) n (Physical Geography) the source of a stream; spring

foun•tain•head

(ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd)

n. 1. a spring from which a stream flows. 2. a chief source: a fountainhead of information. [1575–85]