Hudson Bay sable

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the fur of the marten (a trade name).

Quotations

1909

Included in these London sales [of fur] are some hundred thousand martens, or Hudson Bay sables, and probably four times that number of mink.

1951

There was the finest marten in the world, with a glossy and luxuriant fur sold by some retailers as Hudson Bay Sable.