The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stubble goose
Stubble \Stub"ble\, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble,
estuble, F. ['e]tuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula
stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf.
Stipule.]
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 (Zo["o]l.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.