The sole often wears out utterly, while the upper leather is quite good, or the upper leather bursts while the sole remains practically in a Salvable condition; but your individual pair of shoes and boots are no good to you when any section of them is hopelessly gone to the bad.
"In-Darkest-England-and-the-Way-Out"
Booth, William
"I am glad to hear it," answered Donal: any news from an outer world of yet Salvable humanity was welcome as summer to a land of ice.
"Donal Grant"
George MacDonald
Another difficulty arises from the sand being shifted by the currents, and settling on the prominent parts of a wreck; it often envelops them to such a degree that the ship becomes so deeply embedded in the sand that it is no longer Salvable.
"The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner"
Georg-Günther von Forstner Commentator: John Hays, Jr. Hammond