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noun
- A small mammal, related to the marten of Eurasia and North Pacific Islands. Taxonomic name: Martes zibellina.
- The marten. Taxonomic name: Mustela americana.
- A coat made from the fur of the sable.
- 1928, w:Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf, w:Orlando:_A_Biography, Orlando:
- :Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.
- An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
- (tincture): A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (colour) a black colour, like that of sable fur.
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Translations: - French: sable
- German: Schwarz
- Dutch: sabel, zwart
adjective
- (colour) of a black colour, like that of sable fur.
- 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, ch 3
- :They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.
- (tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
- Made of sable fur.
Translations: - Dutch: zwart , sabel
- French: sable
- German: schwarz
- Italian: nero
- Spanish: sable
Etymology: From Old French martre sable "sable marten", an animal (see below). Possibly from an Old Slavonic word; compare with Russian ÑÑ.
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