Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sable
Sable
sable
1. n. 1 a a small brown-furred flesh-eating mammal, Martes zibellina, of N. Europe and parts of N. Asia, related to the marten. b its skin or fur. 2 a fine paintbrush made of sable fur. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L sabelum f. Slav. 2. n. & adj. --n. 1 esp. poet. black. 2 (in pl.) mourning garments. 3 (in full sable antelope) a large stout-horned African antelope, Hippotragus niger, the males of which are mostly black in old age. --adj. 1 (usu. placed after noun) Heraldry black. 2 esp. poet. dark, gloomy. Derivatives sabled adj. sably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF (in Heraldry): gen. taken to be identical with SABLE(1), although sable fur is dark brown
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Middle Low German sabel ~ or its fur, from Middle High German zobel, of Slavic origin; akin to Russian sobol' ~ or its fur Date: 14th century 1. the color black, black clothing worn in mourning, 2. a. or plural ~ a carnivorous mammal (Martes zibellina) of the weasel family that occurs chiefly in northern Asia, any of various animals related to the ~, the fur or pelt of a ~, the usually dark brown color of the fur of the ~, II. adjective Date: 15th century of the color black, dark, gloomy ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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