Definitions for sable
ˈseɪ bəlsable

Princeton's WordNet(2.87 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencilnoun

   an artist's brush made of sable hairs

2. sablenoun

   the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

3. coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot blacknoun

   a very dark black

4. sablenoun

   a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

5. sable, Martes zibellinaadjective

   marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

6. sableadjective

   of a dark somewhat brownish black

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sablenoun

   A black colour on a coat of arms.

2. 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.

3. sablenoun

   The marten, especially Mustela americana.

4. sablenoun

   Black garments worn in mourning.

5. sablenoun

   The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.

6. sablenoun

   An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.

7. sableadjective

   Of the black colour sable.

8. sableadjective

   In blazon, of the colour black.

9. sableadjective

   Made of sable fur.

10. sableadjective

    Dark, somber.

11. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Sablenoun

   the fur of the sable

3. Sablenoun

   a mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural

4. Sablenoun

   the tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other

5. Sableadjective

   of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry

6. Sableverb

   to render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black

7. 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(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sable

   One of the tinctures in heraldry, implying black. In heraldic engravings, it is represented by perpendicular and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Matched Categories

1. • Black
   • Brush
   • Fur
   • Scarf

Anagrams for sable »

1. ables

2. baels

3. bales

4. Basel

5. Basle

6. blasé

7. blase

8. Blase

How to pronounce sable?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sable in a Sentence

1. Dennis Basso Boutique:

   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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