The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   Stubble goose (Zool.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Chaucer.

   Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in
      stubble.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stubble
    n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
         stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
         [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw,
         stubble]
    2: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not
       shaved for a few days