1. A carnivorous mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern europe and asia, having soft dark fur.
2. the pelt or fur of this animal.
3. the similar fur of other species of martens.
4. the color black, especially in heraldry.
5. black garments worn in mourning.
6. A grayish yellowish brown.
7. A sablefish.
8. of a grayish yellowish brown.
9. of the color black, as in heraldry or mourning.
10. dark; somber.
11. of the fur of the sable: a sable coat.

1. 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 (wikipedia).
2. the marten, especially Mustela americana.
3. the fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
4. an artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (wikipedia).
5. : A black colour on a coat of arms.
6. A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
7. black garments worn in mourning.
8. of the black colour sable.
9. : in blazon, of the colour black.
10. made of sable fur.
11. dark, somber.

1. of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
2. 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.
3. the fur of the sable.
4. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
5. the tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
6. to render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

1. A digitigrade carnivorous quadruped, Mustela zibellina, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Mustelinæ, closely related to the martens.
2. the dressed pelt or fur of the sable.
3. the color black in a general sense, and especially as the color of mourning: so called with reference to the general dark color of the fur of the sable as compared with other furs, or from its being dyed black as sealskin is dyed.
4. A black cloth or covering of any kind; mourning-garments in general; a suit of black: often in the plural.
5. A fine paint-brush or pencil made of hair from the tail of the sable.
6. in heraldry, black; one of the tinctures, represented when the colors are not given, as in engraving, by a close network of vertical and horizontal lines. abbreviated S., sa. see also cut under pall.
7. A british collectors' name of certain pyralid moths. Botys nigrata is the wavy-barred sable, and B, lingulata is the silver-barred sable.
8. made of sable: as, a sable muff or tippet.
9. of the color of a sable; dark-brown; blackish.
10. black, especially as applied to mourning, or as an attribute.
11. to make like sable in color; darken; blacken; hence, figuratively, to make sad or dismal; sadden.
12. A spanish name of the cutlas-fish.

1. the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
2. marten of northern asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
3. a very dark black
4. an artist's brush made of sable hairs
5. a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
6. of a dark somewhat brownish black