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save-all definition

save·-all (sāv′ôl′)

noun

any of a number of devices which prevent waste or loss; specif.,
  1. a sail placed to catch wind passing by the regular sails
  2. a net spread between a ship and pier while cargo is being loaded or unloaded

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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