Definition of Stuble
Stub"ble (?), n. [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 (Zoöl.), the
graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble
rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in
stubble.
Stub"ble (?), n. [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 (Zoöl.), the
graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble
rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in
stubble.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- short, coarse hair, especially on a man's face
- the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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