meaning of sable
1. 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.
2. The fur of the sable.
3. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
4. The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
5. Of the color of the sables fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
6. To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
7. marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
Related Words
sable | sable antelope | sable brush | sable coat | sabled | sables hair pencil |
