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[seyv-awl]
–noun
1. a means, contrivance, or receptacle for preventing loss or waste.
2. Older Use. overalls.
3. Nautical.
a. a net secured between a pier and a ship, beneath cargo being transferred from one to the other.
b. a sail for utilizing wind spilled from the regular sails of a vessel: used in very light winds.

Origin:
1635–45; n. use of v. phrase save all
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