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.

The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.

the graylag goose.

a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.

short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.