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stubber

n. (context rare English) One who, or that which, stubs.

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Stubber

The Great or Große Stubber is a stony sandbank that dries out at low water located in the eastern part of the German Baltic Sea lagoon known as the Greifswalder Bodden or Bay of Greifswald. In the Middle Ages the Stubber was an island that became steadily smaller as a result of tree-felling and the excavation of stones. In the 19th century, gravel was extracted for the construction of roads in Greifswald. It first became awash in the first half of the 20th century. The large glacial erratics that remain to this day are a hazard for sports boats. The Stubber is marked with a shallow water buoy. Since 2006 the Round the Stubber (Rund Stubber) regatta has been held annually in mid-August.

The name Stubber goes back to the Slavic: Stopin for "step".

In 1678 the Stubber Bank acted as an assembly area for the entire naval force gathered for the invasion of Rügen which ended with the successful capture of Swedish-ruled island of Rügen by the Allies, Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark.

Since 2004, the Großer Stubber has been used by the Baltic grey seal (H. g. balticus) as a resting area, after this species had completely died out on the German Baltic Sea coast in 1930. From 2006 increasing numbers of seals, from 7 to 25, were counted on the Großer Stubber all year round.

Usage examples of "stubber".

Jaikie asked in a whisper of a man behind him who was expected, and was told Alec Stubber, a name to conjure with.

The crowd had come to hear Alec Stubber, and was growing a little restless.

Comrade Stubber, but Jaikie hurried Mr Craw away before he could be questioned as to the progress of Communism in Aberdeen.

Then he braced the huge stubber in his gloved fists, right hand around the trigger grip, the skeleton stock under his right armpit, his left hand holding the lateral brace so that he could sweep the barrel freely.

Vitrian advance as he squeezed the trigger of the smoking, hissing stubber on full rapid.