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stubble en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈstʌb.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel. Doublet of stipule.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. (countable, qualifier:literal, uncountable, usually) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
   • Lord (ſayth he) Put them as a wheele and a ſtoble before the face of the wynde. For as the ſtoble, whyle the wynde bloweth wauereth and flyethe aboue in the ayre, nowe hygh nowe lowe, but anone as the wynde paſſeth it falleth adowne to the erthe and lyeth there ſtylle. 1536 October 26 (date written; Gregorian calendar), “[The Eyght Commandement] Cap[ut] VII”, in Diues and Pauper, London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti […], published 1536, →OCLC, folio 313, recto:

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Deriveds

stubbleless · stubble quail (Compound words and expressions) · stubbly · stubbleward · stubble goose (Compound words and expressions) · permastubble · stubble field (Compound words and expressions) · designer stubble (Compound words and expressions) · stubble rash (Compound words and expressions) · stubble rake (Compound words and expressions) · stubble-fed (Compound words and expressions)

Relateds

etiolate · stipula

Synonyms

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

Translations (112)

pl rżysko (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · gl restrollo (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · nl stoppelbaard (short, coarse hair) · sv stubb (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · es barbita (short, coarse hair) · de Stoppeln (short, coarse hair) · de Dreitagebart (short, coarse hair) · ko 그루 (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · de Stoppel (short, coarse hair) · be іржы́шча (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · izh tynkä (short, coarse hair) · it barba incolta (short, coarse hair) · hu borosta (short, coarse hair) · ja 刈り株 (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · be ржэ́ўнік (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ka ნამკალი (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · gd reuban (short, coarse hair) · sv stubb (short, coarse hair) · fa تهریش (short, coarse hair) · la stipulae (short, coarse hair) · nl stoppel (short, coarse hair) · be ржы́шча (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · cs strniště (short, coarse hair) · is broddur (short, coarse hair) · de Bartstoppel (short, coarse hair) · cmn 鬍子茬 /胡子茬 (short, coarse hair) · th โคนหนวดเคราที่ไม่ได้โกน (short, coarse hair) · vi râu thưa (short, coarse hair) · hy թրաշ (short, coarse hair) · tr kirli sakal (short, coarse hair) · sh četina (short, coarse hair) · es rastrojo (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · he שלף (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · gd àsbhuain (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ka ჯაგარი (short, coarse hair) · gl barbuxa (short, coarse hair) · uk щети́на (short, coarse hair) · de Stoppeln (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · fr barbe de trois jours (short, coarse hair) · fr éteule (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · gl lambuxa (short, coarse hair) · cu стрънь (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · is skeggbroddur (short, coarse hair) · ota حشفه (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · sv skäggstubb (short, coarse hair) · it stoppia (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · bg набола брада (short, coarse hair) · ka ნამჯა (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ar شُعَيْرَات اللِّحْيَة (short, coarse hair) · tr anız (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · km ពុកចង្កានៅខ្លី (short, coarse hair) · arz دقن خفيفة (short, coarse hair) · de Stoppel (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · hi खूंटी (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · fi sänki (short, coarse hair) · pt barbicha (short, coarse hair) · la stipulae (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ja 無精ひげ (short, coarse hair) · cmn 鬍茬 /胡茬 (short, coarse hair) · nl stoppel (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ca rostoll (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ru щети́на (short, coarse hair) · ka ნაწვერალი (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · vi rạ (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · hu tarló (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · es barba incipiente (short, coarse hair) · ko 그루터기 (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · mk четина (short, coarse hair) · syc ܩܷܫܳܐ (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ka ნაყანევი (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · az qırpım (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · nb skjeggstubb (short, coarse hair) · mk стрн (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · da stub (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ka ნაპურალი (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · sh čekinja (short, coarse hair) · grc καλάμη (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · cmn 鬍渣 /胡渣 (short, coarse hair) · az başaq (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · it barba di due giorni (short, coarse hair) · be сцерня́ (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · uk стерня́ (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · pt restolho (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ru жнивьё (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · fi sänki (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · izh sänki (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · arc קַשּׁא (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ka მჩხვლეტავი წვერი (short, coarse hair) · he זיפים (short, coarse hair) · de Bartstoppeln (short, coarse hair) · ota آكیز (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · hy խոզան (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · kmr pirêze (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · izh sänki (short, coarse hair) · gl restreba (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · el αξύριστα γένια (short, coarse hair) · cmn 茬 (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · da skægstub (short, coarse hair) · be іржэ́ўнік (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ru стерня́ (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · gl melón (short, coarse hair) · sh стр̑н (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · gl barbaxola (short, coarse hair) · es barba de unos días (short, coarse hair) · ar قَشّ (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · cmn 殘株 /残株 (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · vi toóc (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · bg стърни́ще (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · vi tót (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · el καλαμιά (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · lt ražiena (short stalks left in a field after harvest) · ru стернь (short stalks left in a field after harvest)

stubble en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈstʌb.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel. Doublet of stipule.

Meanings

1. To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble.
   • Here a system ( if it may be called a system ) of stubbling prevails — wheat succeeding wheat for a series of years, and without any material diminution of the yield. 1851, United States. Department of Agriculture, Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year: 1850, page 371:
   • Because the biggest single expense in producing the crop is planting, good stubbling ability is prized. 1983, W. H. Smith, Symposium on Potential Productivity of Field Crops Under Different Environments, page 377:
   • In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed. 1922, John Selden Cole, Alanson Lola Hallsted, Methods of Winter-wheat Production at the Fort Hays Branch Station, page 22:
   • Both spring and fall ploughing produced a crop freer from weeds than where the seed was stubbled in. 1922, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Research Station, Lacombe, Alta, Interim Report of the Superintendent, page 65:

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