The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sable iron
Sable \Sa"ble\, a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne,
In rayless majesty, now stretches forth
Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.
--Young.
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.