n. | 1. | (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, - noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur. | |||||||||
2. | The fur of the sable. | ||||||||||
3. | A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural. | ||||||||||
4. | (Her.) The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other. | ||||||||||
a. | 1. | Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; - used chiefly in poetry. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.
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v. t. | 1. | To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: sable brush, sable's hair pencil |
2. | sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten | |
3. | sable - a very dark black | |
4. | sable - a scarf (or trimming) made of sable | |
5. | sable - marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur Synonyms: Martes zibellina | |
Adj. | 1. | sable - dark somewhat brownish black |