Definitions for: Save-all


[n] a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship
[n] a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
[n] a receptacle for catching waste products for further use



Webster (1913) Definition: Save"-all`, n. [Save + all.]
Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
Specifically:
(a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so
that they be burned.
(b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of
another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
--Totten.
(c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.

See Also: canvas, canvass, mesh, net, receptacle, sail, sheet

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