Sāve'-all, n.

noun

n. [From save and all.] Any contrivance intended to prevent waste or loss; as, (a.) A small pan, or a short cylinder of stone or wood, with a pin at the top, inserted in a candlestick to save the ends of candles. (b.) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten.