Stubble | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Stubble goose (Zool.), the graylag goose. [ Prov. Eng. ] Chaucer. -- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble. [ 1913 Webster ]
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