save-all

[ seyv-awl ]

noun
  1. a means, contrivance, or receptacle for preventing loss or waste.

  2. Older Use. overalls (def. 3).

  1. Nautical.

    • a net secured between a pier and a ship, beneath cargo being transferred from one to the other.

    • a sail for utilizing wind spilled from the regular sails of a vessel: used in very light winds.

Origin of save-all

1
First recorded in 1635–45; noun use of verb phrase save all

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British Dictionary definitions for save-all

save-all

noun
  1. a device to prevent waste or loss

  2. nautical

    • a net used while loading a ship

    • a light sail set to catch wind spilling from another sail

  1. dialect overalls or a pinafore

  2. British a dialect word for miser 1

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