sables in English

noun
1
a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur, native to Japan and Siberia and valued for its fur.
Tradition had it that the island was rich in game (reindeer, polar bears, sables , marten, fish, and certain monsters - perhaps walrus), and that it abounded in marble, crystals, and so on.
2
black.
For instance, the use of the word sable to describe the skin color of her race imparts a suggestion of rarity and richness that also makes affiliation with the group of which she is a part something to be desired and even sought after.
3
a large African antelope with long curved horns, the male of which has a black coat and the female a russet coat, both having a white belly.
The 14 species of the game include giraffes, zebras, sables , kudus, elands, impalas, pukus, waterbucks, reedbucks, siatoongas, bushbucks, common buickers and graycebucks.
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1. A short cloak lined with sables hung from his shoulder, and his delicate white hands were gemmed with rings.

2. Khan Yadegar's envoys came to Moscow in 1555 and consented to a yearly tribute of a thousand sables.

3. Surrounded by magnificent blue mountains, the Limietberg Range which guests will have the unique opportunity of experiencing a game drive, viewing Eland (the most treasured of animals in San mythology), Blue Wildebeest, Springbok, Grey Rhebuck, Sables, Bontebok and the revived Quagga.

4. Le navigateur Charlie Dalin, à bord de son monocoque Avivia, s'entraîne pour la course du "Vendée-Arctitude-Les Sables d'Olonne", le 19 juin 2020 au large des côtes de Fort-la-Forêt / AFP