stubble field

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English

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Stubble field

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Etymology

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Compound of stubble +‎ field.

Noun

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stubble field (plural stubble fields)

  1. A field covered in stubble after harvesting.
    • 1758, Thomas Hale et al., A Compleat Body of Husbandry [], 2nd edition, volume 1, page 194:
      Where wood is plentiful enough, there cannot be a better method than thus spreading dry small wood over a stubble field, and burning that and the stubble together.
    • 1979 December 3, Karen de Witt, “Rebellious Mennonite Faces New Test”, in The New York Times:
      Standing under a gray washed sky, the blonde stubble fields around him, Mr. Bear dropped his head for a moment and then suddenly brightened.
    • 2023 August 24, Helen Burchell, “Great Sampford tractor fire spreads to stubble field”, in BBC News:
      Essex Fire and Rescue Service said the fire started in a tractor and a hay baler and then began to spread to the stubble fields.

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