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[ seyv-awl ] / ˈseɪvˌɔl /
nouna 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-allFirst recorded in 1635–45; noun use of verb phrase save all Words nearby save-allsavanna monkey, savant, savarin, savate, save, save-all, save as you earn, saved by the bell, save face, save for a rainy day, saveloy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for save-allAnother curious illuminating appurtenance was called a save-all or candle-wedge. Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle 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 Parry The business of the dairy, like the feeding of hogs and poultry, is originally carried on as a save-all. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations|Adam Smith For this reason the trough into which it falls from the revolving "wire" is called the "save-all." A Book of Exposition|Homer Heath Nugent
A save-all, or small sail, set occasionally under the lower studding-sail or driver-boom, in a fair wind and smooth sea. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
British Dictionary definitions for save-all
nouna 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |