Animal fur (5)
(Other definitions for sable that I've seen before include "Adventurous courage" , "Bales of rich fur" , "Fur - heraldic black" , "Literary black" , "Bales of precious fur" .)
'animal fur' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pelt that I've seen before include "Subject to bombardment" , "what rain might do" , "Animal skin with hair still on it" , "Hairy coat of a mammal" , "Skin - bombard - hurry!" .)