Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thick lustrous soft fabric of wool or other animal hair, such as mohair, having a silky nap.
- noun The sable or its fur.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of woolen dress-goods made from long wool and finished with a furry nap.
- noun A fur, generally thought to be the same as sable.
- Of, pertaining to, or related to the sable, Mustela zibellina. See
sable .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a thick, soft
woolen fabric with a longnap - noun the
sable , or itspelt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The zibeline is a little animal which is becoming more and more rare.
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The zibeline is a little animal which is becoming more and more rare.
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The zibeline is a little animal which is becoming more and more rare.
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She had gotten undressed and was wearing the pale blue zibeline silk evening dress.
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Among the perpetrators of this crime of fashion was Babe Paley, for whom Halston contrived a white zibeline mask embellished with a false ruby.
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Madame Martin, slender and erect in her zibeline corsage opening on a flood of lace, awakened with the charming brightness of her gray eyes the good man, who was susceptible to the graces of women.
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She threw over her shoulders a superb mantle of zibeline which was quite needed, for, though it was the middle of April, it was quite cold.
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Madame Martin, slender and erect in her zibeline corsage opening on a flood of lace, awakened with the charming brightness of her gray eyes the good man, who was susceptible to the graces of women.
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With that he threw from his shoulders his mantle of zibeline, but kept light hold of his sword.
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Son habillement étoit une robe de velours cramoisi, fourrée de martre zibeline, et sur la tête il portoit, comme les Turcs, un chapeau rouge; mais, pour se garantir de la pluie, par-dessus sa robe il en avoit mis une autre de velours, en guise de manteau, selon la mode du pays.
super-kawy commented on the word zibeline
A thick lustrous soft fabric of wool and other animal hair, such as mohair, having a silky nap.
September 22, 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word zibeline
A soft lustrous wool fabric with mohair, alpaca, or camel's hair.
July 7, 2018