"sables" in the noun sense
1. sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil
an artist's brush made of sable hairs
2. sable
the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
3. coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
a very dark black
4. sable
a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
5. sable, Martes zibellina
marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
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