stubble
noun
[ ˈstʌb(ə)l ]
• the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested.
• "fields of yellow stubble"
• short, stiff hairs growing on a part of the body that has not been shaved for a while, especially on a man’s face.
• "she ran her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French stuble, from Latin stupla, stupula, variants of stipula ‘straw’.
