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sable2

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪb(ə)l/

Translate sable | into Italian

Definition of sable

adjective

literary or Heraldry

black: the sable blackness of her hair [postpositive]:six martlets sable

noun

1 [mass noun] literary or Heraldry black.
(sables) archaic mourning garments.

2 (also sable antelope) 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.
- Hippotragus niger, family Bovidae