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sabelus

sabelus [ME, OF sable], a sable (Martes zibellina). b representation of sable (her.). c fur of the sable. a zabellorum pelles nigrae sunt Spelman Asp. 76.  b 1290 pro factura et opere iij capellorum factorum de dicto auro cum leopard' et †sarbris de armis regis de una secta contra nupcias dicte domine Margarete Chanc. Misc. 415 f. 50v.  c 1164 pro x ulnis scarlate et ij sabel' Pipe 21; hoc aurifrigio tellus redimitur, eoque / stellea Rothomagi lascivit palla sabelo Hanv. V 473; s1188 statutum est ‥ quod nullus post proximum Pascha utatur vario vel grisio vel ~o vel scarlato (Conc. Geddington) Gerv. Cant. Chr. 409; 1308 [half a hundred eastern marten skins] cab'lorum Cal. LBLond. C 165.

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