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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