Sable /(?)/

Sa·ble

Sable

n.
  1. 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. (Zool.)
  2. The fur of the sable.
  3. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
  4. The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other. (Her.)

Sable

a.
  1. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
    Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.

Phrases & Compounds
Sable antelope
a large South African antelope (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath.
Sable iron
a superior quality of Russia iron; -- so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable.
Sable mouse
the lemming.

Sable

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Sabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabling

  1. To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
    Sabled all in black the shady sky.