Definition of: sable

(sā′bəl) noun
1. A carnivore (Martes zibellina), of northern Asia and Europe, related to the marten. ♦ Collateral adjective: zibeline.
2. The dressed fur of a sable, specifically, of the Asian sable.
3. plural Garments made wholly or partly of this fur.
4. The color black; hence, mourning or a mourning garment.
5. Her. Black: represented, when uncolored, by a network of lines crossing each other at right angles.
—Alaska sable A trade name for natural or dyed skunk.
—adjective
1. Black, especially as the color of mourning.
2. Made of or having the color of sable fur; dark–brown. See synonyms under DARK. [<OF sable, saible <Med. L sabelum <Slavic]