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   Sa·ble

   /ˈsāb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. black: literary "the sable blackness of her hair"

   noun

   • 1. black. literary
   • ▪ mourning garments. archaic
   • 2. 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.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French (as a heraldic term), generally taken to be identical with sable1, although sable fur is dark brown.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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