Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A thick lustrous soft fabric of wool and other animal hair, such as mohair, having a silky nap.
- n. The sable or its fur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. a thick, soft woolen fabric with a long nap
- n. the sable, or its pelt
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of woolen dress-goods made from long wool and finished with a furry nap.
- n. A fur, generally thought to be the same as sable.
- Of, pertaining to, or related to the sable, Mustela zibellina. See sable.
Etymologies
Examples
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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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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.
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Son vêtement étoit, selon l'usage, une robe de satin cramoisi, par-dessus laquelle il en avoit, comme manteau, une autre de satin vert à figures, fourrée de martre zibeline.
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Son v阾ement 閠oit, selon l’usage, une robe de satin cramoisi, par-dessus laquelle il en avoit, comme manteau, une autre de satin vert � figures, fourr閑 de martre zibeline.
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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