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sable
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[ˈseɪbl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur, native to Japan and Siberia and valued for its fur
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late Middle English: from Old French, in the sense ‘sable fur’, from medieval Latin sabelum, of Slavic origin
[ˈseɪbl], (Adjective)
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- black
(e.g: the sable blackness of her hair)
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Middle English: from Old French (as a heraldic term), generally taken to be identical with sable, although sable fur is dark brown
[ˈseɪbl], (Noun)
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- black
- a large African antelope with long curved horns, the male of which has a black coat and the female a russet coat, both having a white belly
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Middle English: from Old French (as a heraldic term), generally taken to be identical with sable, although sable fur is dark brown
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