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sa⋅ble

  [sey-buhl] noun, plural -bles, (especially collectively for 1, 2) -ble, adjective
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–noun
1. an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
2. a marten, esp. Mustela americana.
3. the fur of the sable.
4. the color black, often being one of the heraldic colors.
5. sables, mourning garments.
–adjective
6. of the heraldic color sable.
7. made of the fur or hair of the sable.
8. very dark; black.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < OF < MLG sabel (cf. late OHG zobel) < Slavic or Baltic; cf. Russ sóbol', Lith sàbalas; ulterior orig. obscure
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  [sey-buhl]
–noun
1. Cape, a cape on a small island at the SW tip of Nova Scotia, Canada: lighthouse.
2. a cape at the S tip of Florida.
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sa·ble   (sā'bəl)   
n.  

    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. sables Black garments worn in mourning.

    1. The color black, especially in heraldry.

    2. sables Black garments worn in mourning.

  3. A grayish yellowish brown.

  4. A sablefish.

adj.  

  1. Of a grayish yellowish brown.

  2. Of the color black, as in heraldry or mourning.

  3. Dark; somber.

  4. Of the fur of the sable: a sable coat.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Middle Low German sabel, from Old Russian sobol', ultimately from Persian samōr.]
Sa·ble   (sā'bəl)   

  1. A promontory of southern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is on an inlet south of Sable Island, a low sandy island often called "the Graveyard of the Atlantic" because of its hazard to navigation.

  2. A cape at the southwest tip of Florida. Part of Everglades National Park, it is the southernmost extremity of the U.S. mainland.

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Word Origin & History

sable  (1)
1423, from M.Fr. sable (also martre sable "sable martin"), in reference to the mammal or its fur, from O.Fr., from a Gmc. source (cf. M.Du. sabel, M.L.G. sabel, M.H.G. zobel), ultimately from a Slavic source (cf. Rus., Pol., Czech sobol, the name of the animal), "which itself is borrowed from an East-Asiatic language" [Klein].

sable  (2)
1352, "black" as a heraldic color, commonly identified with sable (1), but the animal's fur is brown and this may be a different word of unknown origin; it may reflect a medieval custom (unattested) of dyeing sable fur black.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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