Definition of Sable

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Definition of Sable

Sable

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.

The fur of the sable.

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

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

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

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

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Sable Quotations

When I was Governor of Massachusetts, we worked to get Sable Island gas into New England.
Paul Cellucci

I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!
Johnny Thunders

Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.
Ludwig Bemelmans

Sable Translations

sable in German is Zobel
sable in Italian is zibellino
sable in Swedish is sobel

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