stubble /ˈstʌb.əl/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face. •The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested. verb1 •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 formsstubbled · stubbling · stubbles
