From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stubble \Stub"ble\, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble,
estuble, F. ['e]tuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula
stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf.
{Stipule}.]
The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in
the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or
sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast
stubble." --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]
{Stubble goose} (Zool.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
{Stubble rake}, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in
stubble.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stubble
n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {straw},
{stubble}]
2: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not
shaved for a few days
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