- Hippotragus niger
- Sable Sa"ble, a.
Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly
in poetry.
[1913 Webster]
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. --Young. [1913 Webster]
{Sable antelope} (Zo["o]l.), a large South African antelope ({Hippotragus niger}). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath.
{Sable iron}, a superior quality of Russia iron; -- so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable.
{Sable mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the lemming. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
