sable
noun
[ ˈseɪb(ə)l ]
• a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur, native to Japan and Siberia and valued for its fur.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, in the sense ‘sable fur’, from medieval Latin sabelum, of Slavic origin.
sable
adjective
• black.
• "the sable blackness of her hair"
Similar:
black,
jet black,
jet,
pitch black,
pitch dark,
pitch,
black as pitch,
pitchy,
ebony,
raven,
sooty,
dusky,
ink black,
inky,
black as ink,
coal black,
black as coal,
black as night,
ebon,
sable
noun
• black.
Similar:
black,
jet black,
jet,
pitch black,
pitch dark,
pitch,
black as pitch,
pitchy,
ebony,
raven,
sooty,
dusky,
ink black,
inky,
black as ink,
coal black,
black as coal,
black as night,
ebon,
• a large African antelope with long curved horns, the male of which has a black coat and the female a russet coat, both having a white belly.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French (as a heraldic term), generally taken to be identical with sable1, although sable fur is dark brown.
