save-all
a means, contrivance, or receptacle for preventing loss or waste.
Older Use. overalls (def. 3).
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
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How to use save-all in a sentence
Under every lamp stands a sort of “save-all,” consisting of a small skin basket for catching the oil that falls over.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage | William Edward ParryFor this reason the trough into which it falls from the revolving "wire" is called the "save-all."
A Book of Exposition | Homer Heath NugentInto this save-all water may be admitted to regulate the consistency of the stuff.
From Paper-mill to Pressroom | William Bond WheelwrightThe business of the dairy, like the feeding of hogs and poultry, is originally carried on as a save-all.
Another curious illuminating appurtenance was called a save-all or candle-wedge.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England | Alice Morse Earle
British Dictionary definitions for save-all
a device to prevent waste or loss
nautical
a net used while loading a ship
a light sail set to catch wind spilling from another sail
dialect overalls or a pinafore
British a dialect word for miser 1
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