sable

noun8

1. •
   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.
2. •
   Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
3. •
   A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.

   • "Ye must avenge my sister's son's death; I will sables and martins bestow." — 1828
4. •
   An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
5. •
   A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
6. •
   A black colour on a coat of arms.
7. •
   [in the plural] Black garments, especially worn in mourning.

   • I see its Sables wove by Destiny. — 1745
8. •
   The sablefish.

adjective5

1. •
   Sable-coloured, black.

   • When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white — 1609
2. •
   In blazon, of the colour black.
3. •
   Dark, somber.

   • She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter. — 1922
4. •
   Made of sable fur.
5. •
   (literary, no longer used) Dark-skinned; Black.

   • Some of the sable females, who formerly stood aloof, now began to relax and appear less coy; but my heart was still fixed on London, where I hoped to be ere long. — 1789

noun1

1. •
   Ellipsis of Sablé-sur-Sarthe: a commune in Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.