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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.

Definition 2024


stubble

stubble

English

Noun

stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)

  1. (countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
  2. (countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

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