What does sable mean?
Definitions for sable
ˈseɪ bəlsable
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Princeton's WordNet
sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencilnoun
an artist's brush made of sable hairs
sablenoun
the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot blacknoun
a very dark black
sablenoun
a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
sable, Martes zibellinaadjective
marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
sableadjective
of a dark somewhat brownish black
Wiktionary
sablenoun
A black colour on a coat of arms.
sablenoun
A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Mustela zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
sablenoun
The marten, especially Mustela americana.
sablenoun
Black garments worn in mourning.
sablenoun
The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
sablenoun
An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
sableadjective
Of the black colour sable.
sableadjective
In blazon, of the colour black.
sableadjective
Made of sable fur.
sableadjective
Dark, somber.
Etymology: C.1275, ; from sable and martre sable, in reference to the animal or its fur; from sabel (compare sabel, zobel); ultimately from an Old Slavonic or Baltic word (compare соболь (sóbol'), soból, sobol). Compare also samōr.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sableadjective
Black. A word used by heralds and poets.
Etymology: Fr.
By this the drooping daylight ’gan to fade,
And yield his room to sad succeeding night,
Who with her sable mantle ’gan to shade
The face of earth, and ways of living wight. Fairy Queen.With him inthron’d
Sat sable vested night, eldest of things,
The consort of his reign. John Milton, Paradise Lost.They soon begin that tragick play,
And with their smoaky cannons banish day:
Night, horrour, slaughter, with confusion meet,
And in their sable arms embrace the fleet. Edmund Waller.Adoring first the genius of the place,
And night, and all the stars that gild her sable throne. Dryd.Sablenoun
Fur.
Etymology: zibella, Latin.
Sable is worn of great personages, and brought out of Russia, being the fur of a little beast of that name, esteemed for the perfectness of the colour of the hairs, which are very black. Hence sable, in heraldry, signifies the black colour in gentlemens arms. Henry Peacham, on Blazoning.
Furiously running in upon him, with tumultuous speech, he violently raught from his head his rich cap of sables. Richard Knolles.
The peacocks plumes thy tackle must not fail,
Nor the dear purchase of the sable ’s tail. John Gay.
Webster Dictionary
Sablenoun
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
Sablenoun
the fur of the sable
Sablenoun
a mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural
Sablenoun
the tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other
Sableadjective
of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry
Sableverb
to render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black
Etymology: [OF. sable, F. zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL. sabellum; cf. D. sabel, Dan. sabel, zobel, Sw. sabel, sobel, G. zobel; all fr. Russ. sbole.]
Freebase
Sable
The sable is a species of marten which inhabits forest environments, primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, eastern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, China, North and South Korea and Hokkaidō in Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia to Poland and Scandinavia. It has historically been harvested for its highly valued fur, which remains a luxury good to this day. While hunting of wild animals is still common in Russia, most fur in the market is now commercially farmed.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sable
sā′bl, n. a Siberian species of Marten, with lustrous dark-brown or blackish fur: its fur: a fine paint-brush made of sable: the colour black: (pl.) black clothes, mourning clothes.—adj. of the colour of the sable's fur: blackish, dark-brown: made of the fur of the sable.—v.t. to sadden.&mdashmdash;adjs. Sā′ble-stoled; Sā′ble-vest′ed. [O. Fr. sable—Russ. sabolĭ.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
sable
One of the tinctures in heraldry, implying black. In heraldic engravings, it is represented by perpendicular and horizontal lines crossing each other.
Anagrams for sable »
ables
baels
bales
Basel
Basle
blasé
blase
Blase
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of sable in a Sentence
They knew what they were looking for, they broke down the door to my Madison Avenue store at 5 a.m. on Christmas Eve and took only the most expensive sable coats.
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- سمورArabic
- samurAzerbaijani
- sobolCzech
- zobelDanish
- schwarz, ZobelGerman
- σαμούριGreek
- zibeloEsperanto
- cebellina, sableSpanish
- سمورPersian
- soopeli, soopelinnahkaFinnish
- saval, sobul, sibiriskur márurFaroese
- zibeline, sable, martreFrench
- सेबलHindi
- fekete, cobolyHungarian
- սամույրArmenian
- warna hitamIndonesian
- neroItalian
- クロテン, クロテンの毛皮, 黒色Japanese
- სიასამურიGeorgian
- 검은담비Korean
- mus silvestrisLatin
- sabalasLithuanian
- sabuļāda, sabulisLatvian
- црн, црна, самурMacedonian
- sabelMalay
- zwart, sabelDutch
- czarny, czarna, sobólPolish
- saibro, zibelina, sablePortuguese
- negru, samur, neagră, zibelinăRomanian
- соболь, черныйRussian
- crna, сабољ, samur, црна, sabolj, самурSerbo-Croatian
- čiernaSlovak
- sobel, sobelpäls, svartSwedish
- samur, su samuruTurkish
- سیبلUrdu
- 黑貂Chinese
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