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STUBBLES
Noun
stubbles
plural of stubble
Source: Wiktionary
STUBBLE
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
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