| 1. short stalks of hay or corn left sticking up from the ground after the harvest; short rough growth of beard. stubblestubble , 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.stubble goose (zo?l.), the graylag goose. [prov. eng.]stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.stubble 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] |
