stubble field

See also: Stubblefield, stubblefield, and stubble-field

English

Stubble field

Alternative forms

• stubble-field, stubblefield

Etymology

Compound of stubble +‎ field.

Noun

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.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: stoppelveld (nl)
• Faroese: ekra f, opinekra f
• Hungarian: tarló (hu)
• Italian: secciaio m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stubbåker m

  Nynorsk: stubbåker m

• Spanish: rastrojero m
• Swedish: stubbåker (sv)

References

• “stubble field”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.