See Also: stubble(medicine)
stubble(dictionary)
stubble(dictionary)

stubble (iou)



stubble noun & verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman stuble, Old French estuble (mod. eteule) from Latin stup(u)la from STIPULA. Cf. STIPULATE verb.]
A. noun.
collect. sing. & (now rare) in pl. The cut stalks of wheat or other grain left in the ground after reaping. ME.
W. Somerville The gay Pack In the rough bristly Stubbles range unblam'd. T. H. White The wheat stood in stooks of eight among the tall stubble.
b. sing. A short bristly growth of unshaven hair on a cheek or chin; close-cropped hair on the head or chin. L16.
P. V. White Nicks where the razor had sought out stubble in the early furrows of his face.
The straw of wheat or other grain gathered after harvesting. LME.
= stubble-field below. Usu. in pl. L18.
Comb.: stubble-burning the clearing of stubble from land by burning; stubble-fed adjective (of poultry etc.) fed on the stubble left in a reaped field; stubble-field a reaped field that has not been ploughed; stubble-fire a fire of stubble, esp. one caused by stubble-burning; stubble-goose a goose fattened for the table on stubble; stubble-jumper (slang, chiefly Canad.) a prairie farmer; stubble-quail a brown, black, and white quail, Coturnix pectoralis, of southern Australia; stubble-rig Scot. (a) a stubble-field; (b) the reaper who takes the lead.
b. verb trans. Remove stubble from. L15.
stubble it!, stubble your whids! hold your tongue!
stubbled adjective (a) rare (of a goose) fattened on stubble; (b) covered with stubble, stubbly: LME.
stubbly adjective (a) covered with stubble; (b) resembling stubble; esp. (of hair) short and bristly: LME.