Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Stubble

Stub′ble

,
Noun.
[OE.
stobil
,
stoble
, OF.
estouble
,
estuble
, F.
étuele
, 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.
Stubble goose
(Zool.)
,
the graylag goose.
[Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.
–
Stubble rake
,
a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stubble

STUBBLE

,
Noun.
[L.] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the sythe or sickle.
After the first crop is off, they plow in the stubble.