Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).
- The marten, especially Mustela americana.
- The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).
- (tincture) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
Adjektiivit
- Of the black colour sable.
- (tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
- Made of sable fur.
- Dark, somber.
Esimerkit
- Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables.
- Sables wove by destiny.
- [...]a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
- Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
- They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.
- She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter.
- Smoked sable.
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