Sable

['seɪb(ə)l] or ['sebl]

Definition

(noun.) marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur.

(noun.) a scarf (or trimming) made of sable.

(noun.) an artist's brush made of sable hairs.

(noun.) the expensive dark brown fur of the marten.

(adj.) of a dark somewhat brownish black .

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The fur of the sable.

(n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.

(n.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

(a.) Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.

(v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Zibelline marten (Mustela zibellina).[2]. Pine marten, American sable (Mustela abietum).

a. Dark, dusky.

Edited by Elise

Definition

n. a Siberian species of Marten with lustrous dark-brown or blackish fur: its fur: a fine paint-brush made of sable: the colour black: (pl.) black clothes mourning clothes.—adj. of the colour of the sable's fur: blackish dark-brown: made of the fur of the sable.—v.t. to sadden.—adjs. Sā′ble-stoled; Sā′ble-vest′ed.

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