Bible Dictionaries
Sable

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; - used chiefly in poetry.

(2):

(n.) The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

(3):

(n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural.

(4):

(n.) The fur of the sable.

(5):

(v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

(6):

(n.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, - noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sable'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sable.html. 1828.