1. Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
   "Russian sable fur was highly valued by nobility";
   - Martes zibellina
    
2. The expensive dark brown fur of the marten
   "The Russian czarina's cloak was lined with luxurious sable"
    
3. A scarf (or trimming) made of sable
   "She wore an elegant sable stole to the gala"
    
4. An artist's brush made of sable hairs
   "The painter used a delicate sable brush for the finest details";
   - sable brush, sable's hair pencil
    
5. A very dark black
   "Her hair was sable, contrasting sharply with her pale skin";
   - coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, soot black

1. Of a dark somewhat brownish black
   "Her sable coat was luxurious and expensive"

Derived forms: sables

See also: achromatic, neutral

Type of: black, blackness, brush, fur, inkiness, marten, marten cat, pelt, scarf

Encyclopedia: Sable, Ontario