Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stubble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stubble \Stub"ble\, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble,
estuble, F. ['e]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. ``After the first crop is off, they plow in the
wheast stubble.'' --Mortimer.
{Stubble goose} (Zo["o]l.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
{Stubble rake}, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in
stubble.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stubble
n : material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {straw}]
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