noun
- plural of sable: small carnivorous mammals with dark brown fur, or their valuable fur used for clothing
- plural of sable: the color black, especially in heraldry
Usage: heraldic
Examples
- The trappers caught several sables during the winter season.
- Her coat was trimmed with expensive sables.
- Sables are native to the forests of Russia and Central Asia.
- The luxury fashion house used sables in their winter collection.
- In heraldry, sables represent the color black on a coat of arms.
- The shield displayed sables and gold in alternating stripes.