a carnivorous animal of the weasel family (mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of europe, asia, and america, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.-the fur of the sable.-a mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.-the tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.-of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.-to render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.