Stubble

Stub′ble

,

Noun.

[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.

Stubble goose

(Zool.)

,

the graylag goose.

[Prov. Eng.]

Chaucer.

–

Stubble rake

,

a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.

Stubble

STUBBLE

,

Noun.

[L.] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the sythe or sickle.

After the first crop is off, they plow in the stubble.

stubble

English

Noun

stubble ‎(usually uncountable, plural stubbles)

(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
(countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Synonyms

(short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
stub
stump

Related terms

Translations

short, coarse hair

Arabic: شُعَيْرَات اَللِّحْيَة f pl ‎(šuʿayrāt al-liḥya)
Egyptian Arabic: دقن خفيفة f ‎(daʔn xafif)
Armenian:
Bulgarian:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬍子茬, 胡子茬 ‎(húzichá), 鬍茬, 胡茬 ‎(húchá), 鬍渣, 胡渣 ‎(húzhā)
Dutch: stoppelbaard (nl) m
Esperanto:
Finnish: sänki (fi)
French: barbe de trois jours (fr) f
Georgian:
German: Stoppel (de) m, Dreitagebart m, Bartstoppel (de) m
Greek: αξύριστα γένια n pl ‎(axýrista génia)
Hungarian: borosta (hu)

Icelandic: skeggbroddur m, broddur (is) m
Italian: barba di due giorni f
Japanese: 無精ひげ ‎(ぶしょうひげ, bushōhige)
Khmer: ពុកចង្កានៅខ្លី ‎(puk cɑŋkaa nɨv kləy)
Korean:
Latin: stipulae f pl
Persian: ته‌ریش (fa) ‎(tah-riš)
Portuguese: barbicha (pt) f
Romanian:
Russian: щети́на (ru) f ‎(ščetína)
Spanish: barba de varios días
Thai: โคนหนวดเคราที่ไม่ได้โกน ‎(kohn nùat krao têe mâi dâai gohn)
Turkish:
Vietnamese:

short stalks left in a field after harvest

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殘株 (zh), 残株 (zh) ‎(cánzhū), 茬 (zh) ‎(chá)
Czech: strniště n
Dutch: stoppel (nl) m
Finnish: sänki (fi)
French: éteule (fr) f
Galician: restrollo (gl) m
German: Stoppel (de) m
Greek: καλαμιά (el) f ‎(kalamiá)

Hungarian: tarló (hu)
Italian: stoppia (it) f
Japanese: 刈り株 ‎(かりかぶ, karikabu)
Korean: 그루 (ko) ‎(geuru), 그루터기 ‎(geuruteogi)
Latin: stipulae f pl
Macedonian: стрниште n ‎(st'rnište)
Polish: ściernisko (pl) n, rżysko (pl) n
Portuguese: restolho (pt) m
Russian: сте́рня (ru) f ‎(stérnja), жнивьё (ru) n ‎(žnivʹjó)
Spanish: rastrojo (es) m

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Stubble

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Stubble

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