LekhoriLekhoriA 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.
Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.
Sable-coloured, black.
When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white
In blazon, of the colour black.
A surname.
Attested since 1275, from Middle English sable, from Old French sable and martre sable (“sable marten”), in reference to the animal or its fur; from Medieval Latin sabelum, from Middle Low German sabe...
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Made of sable fur.