Etymology

Noun

1. A small mammal, related to the marten of Eurasia and North Pacific Islands. Taxonomic name: Martes zibellina.
2. The marten. Taxonomic name: Mustela americana.
3. A coat made from the fur of the sable.
   • 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando:

     Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.

4. An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable.
5. : A black colour on a coat of arms.
6. a black colour, like that of sable fur.

Adjective

1. of a black colour, like that of sable fur.
   • 2002, Christopher Paolini, Eragon, ch 3

     They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.

2. : In blazon, of the colour black.
3. Made of sable fur.