sables

Meanings

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
• plural of sable
• Black garments worn in mourning.

Adj

• Alternative form of sable (“heraldry: black”).

Synonyms

coal black, ebony, jet black, Martes zibellina, pitch black, sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil, soot black