Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
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;
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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