stubble : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stubble	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stubble n material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds Synonym(s): chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stubble \Stub"ble\, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. [82]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. [bd]After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble.[b8] --Mortimer. {Stubble goose} (Zo[94]l.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. {Stubble rake}, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.