sable
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9.4
- noun
- /ˈseɪbəl/
:
piel de marta
- She was wearing a silk gown trimmed with sable and a white brocaded mantle.
- a sable coat
- sable fur
- a sable cloak
Examples
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Sable coats, jewels just dripping from my fingers.
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We see a sailing Angelo Sepe walk in the door and we see that his wife is wearing a $30,000 sable coat.
Fiction book (1990) -
If you want a sable coat, buy one.
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I have a right to have a sable coat.
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I had a sable coat before that.
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Next to that sable, my new mink seems like an old bed jacket.
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Over it, she wore a black fitted coat with a narrow sable collar.
Fiction book (1992) -
And after that year, the gifts could always be extravagant, and the coats real mink or sable, and the diamonds also real.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Are these your parents?" The photos were of portraits, one of a middle-aged man and the other of an exquisite woman, about 40, shown full length, her sable coat draped dramatically around her.
Fiction book (1996) -
She wore an elegant dress with a luxurious sable trim around the collar.
Synonyms
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2.5
A warm coat made from animal hair to wear in cold weather
1
8.9
A very expensive coat made from soft dark fur of a small wild animal
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A painting tool with soft sable hairs that makes fine, flexible points
An island at the southern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada, known for many seabirds and its sea history
- South African
A large African animal like a deer with a dark coat and long curved horns
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sable for the expensive dark fur comes from the name of the animal (Russian sobol) because traders long prized its soft, dark brown pelt, and so sable now means that luxury fur or an item made from it.