stubble

The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.

Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.

Same as stubble-cane.

The lower ends of grain-stalks, collectively, left standing in the ground when the crop is cut; the covering of a harvested field of grain.

Something resembling or analogous to stubble, especially a short rough beard, or the short hair on a cropped head. See stubbly.