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 Zool., 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 Zool., the lemming.