SABLE


Meaning of SABLE in English

noun the fur of the sable.

2. sable ·vt to render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

3. sable ·noun a mourning garment; a funeral robe;

— generally in the plural.

4. sable ·adj of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black;

— used chiefly in poetry.

5. sable ·noun the tincture black;

— represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

6. sable ·noun 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.

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