stubble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    chaff; straw; husk; stalk; shuck.
  2. noun short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days

WordNet

Stub"ble noun
Etymology
OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.
Definitions
  1. 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.

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