Sable meaning

sā'bəl
A grayish yellowish brown.
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A sablefish.
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A mustelid mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Eurasia, having soft dark commercially valuable fur.
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The pelt or fur of this animal.
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The similar fur of other species of martens.
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The color black, especially in heraldry.
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Black garments worn in mourning.
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Of a grayish yellowish brown.
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Of the color black, as in heraldry or mourning.
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Dark; somber.
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Of the fur of the sable.

A sable coat.

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Any marten; esp., the stone marten or a darker American species (Martes americana)
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Black mourning clothes.
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The color black: indicated in engraving by crosshatching.
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The costly fur or pelt of the sable.
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A coat, neckpiece, etc. made of this.
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Made of or with the fur of the sable.
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Black or dark brown.
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Cape at the S tip of Fla.: southernmost point of the U.S. mainland: c. 20 mi (32 km) long.
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Cape at the S tip of Nova Scotia.
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A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Mustela zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur .
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The marten, especially Mustela americana.
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The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
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An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable .
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(heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
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A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

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(in the plural, sables) Black garments worn in mourning.
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Of the black colour sable.
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(heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
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Made of sable fur.
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Dark, somber.
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Origin of sable

Attested since 1275, from Middle English, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable martin"), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from an Old Slavonic or Baltic word (compare Russian соболь (sobolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Persian samōr.

Sentence Examples

  • The tails are used for artists' "sable" brushes.

  • The sable antelope is a southern species in which both sexes are black or FIG.

  • However, at nine o'clock the prince, in his velvet coat with a sable collar and cap, went out for his usual walk.

  • Fool, I told you the sable one!

  • Anatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later wearing a fur coat girt with a silver belt, and a sable cap jauntily set on one side and very becoming to his handsome face.

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