save-all

2 definitions found

save-all - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Save-all \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.
         [1913 Webster]
     (c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.
         [1913 Webster]

save-all - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  save-all
      n 1: a receptacle for catching waste products for further use
      2: a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
      3: a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship