Meanings
plural stubble fields · alternative stubble-field · alternative stubblefield
- A field covered in stubble after harvesting.
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.
2023 August 24, Helen Burchell, “Great Sampford tractor fire spreads to stubble field”, in BBC News2 more examples
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.
1758, Thomas Hale et al., A Compleat Body of Husbandry […], 2nd edition, volume 1, page 194Standing under a gray washed sky, the blonde stubble fields around him, Mr. Bear dropped his head for a moment and then suddenly brightened.
1979 December 3, Karen de Witt, “Rebellious Mennonite Faces New Test”, in The New York Times
Origin
Translations
Dutch stoppelveld
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German Stoppelacker, Stoppelfeld
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Hungarian tarló
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Italian secciaio
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Norwegian Bokmål stubbåker
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Spanish rastrojero
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Swedish stubbåker
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Cite this entry
stubble field. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubble%20field
“stubble field.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stubble%20field. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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