Salle vs Sable - What's the difference?
salle | sable |
A hall or room used for fencing.
* 2001 , Nick Evangelista, Anita Evangelista, The Woman Fencer
A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina , from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur ().
The marten, especially .
The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
*1928 , (Virginia Woolf),
*:Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables .
An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable ().
(lb) A black colour on a coat of arms.
A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
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Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
*(rfdate) Young
*:Sables wove by destiny.
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*:a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables , radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Of the black colour sable.
* (rfdate) Young
* 2002 , , chapter 3
(tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
Made of sable fur.
Dark, somber.
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As adjectives the difference between salle and sable
is that salle is salted; salty (containing a significant amount of salt) while sable is sandy.As a noun sable is
, shortbread.As a verb sable is
.salle
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Noun
(en noun)- Your local fencing salle is a good place to relax and unwind and let the cares of the day take a backseat for a while. Meeting someone on the fencing strip, blade in hand, can become your only concern for two or three hours a couple of times a week.
Synonyms
* salle d'armes ----sable
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Alternative forms
* (in heraldic contexts)Noun
Derived terms
* sable antelope * sablefish * sable iron * sable mouseAdjective
(en adjective)- Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
- They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.