STUBBLE

stubble

(noun) short stiff hairs growing on a man’s face when he has not shaved for a few days

chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble

(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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

Source: Wiktionary

Stub"ble, n. Etym: [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.]

Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

– Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition