sable
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.countable
2. (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).countable
3. (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.Examples: "Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables."countableuncountable
4. (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.countable
5. (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.countableuncountable
6. (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour black.
2. (archaic, literary) Dark-skinned; Black.Examples: "Some of the sable females, who formerly stood aloof, now began to relax and appear less coy; but my heart was still fixed on London, where I hoped to be ere long."; "Ethnologists are in the wrong / About our sable brothers[.]"; "Of this one of the drovers writes thus: - "Very soon there will be homesteads and stations dotted all over the Territory within easy distances of one another, driving our sable brethren from their ancient hunting grounds.""Synonyms: black, dusky, inky, sooty, swarthyarchaicliterary
Definition source: Wiktionary