save-all

[ seyv-awl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

save-all

a device to prevent waste or loss
nautical
1. a net used while loading a ship
2. a light sail set to catch wind spilling from another sail
dialect.
overalls or a pinafore
See miser
a dialect word for miser 1

First recorded in 1635–45; noun use of verb phrase save all

Under every lamp stands a sort of “save-all,” consisting of a small skin basket for catching the oil that falls over.

For this reason the trough into which it falls from the revolving "wire" is called the "save-all."

Into this save-all water may be admitted to regulate the consistency of the stuff.

The 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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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