2. The fur of the sable.
3. A mouring garment; a funeral robe; — generally in the plural. "Sables wove by destiny." Young.
4. (Her.)
Defn: The tincture black; — represented by vertical and horizontal lines each other.
SABLE
Sa"ble, a.
Defn: Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; — used chiefly in poetry. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. Young. Sable antelope (Zoöl.), a large South African antelope (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath. — Sable iron, a superior quality of Russia iron; — so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable. — Sable mouse (Zoöl.), the lemming.
SABLE
Sa"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabling.]
Defn: To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
Sabled all in black the shady sky. G. Fletcher.
SABOT
Sa`bot", n. Etym: [F.]
1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.