sable
Meanings
Plural: sables
Noun
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- A black colour on a coat of arms.
- A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- The sablefish.
Adjective Satellite
- of a dark somewhat brownish black
Adj
- Sable-coloured, black.
- In blazon, of the colour black.
- Made of sable fur.
- Dark, somber.
- Dark-skinned; Black.
Origin / Etymology
Attested since 1275, from Middle English sable, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable marten”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Middle Persian smwl (*samōr).
Synonyms
black, coal black, dusky, ebony, inky, jet black, Martes zibellina, pitch black, sable brush, sable's hair pencil, soot black, sooty, swarthy
Scrabble Score: 7
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