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Save-all   /seɪv-ɔl/   Listen
Save-all

noun
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.






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"Save-all" Quotes from Famous Books



... sewed neatly together, and a large basket of the same material, resembling a common sieve in shape, but with the bottom close and tight, is to be seen in every apartment. Under every lamp stands a sort of “save-all,” consisting of a small skin basket for catching the oil that falls over. Almost every family was in possession of a wooden tray very much resembling those used to carry butcher’s meat in England, and of nearly ...
— Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage • William Edward Parry



Words linked to "Save-all" :   canvass, meshwork, net, mesh, network, sail, meshing, receptacle, sheet, canvas



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