stubble-goosen.
a. A goose fed on the stubble.
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stubble-goosec1386
breed-goose1465
brood-goosea1625
Strasbourg goose1803
c1386 G. Chaucer Cook's Prol. 27 For of thy percely yet they fare the wors That they han eten with thy stubbel goos.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health clxvi. 136 The greene goose is better [for digestion] than the stubble goose.
1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 87 You are euen as wise as a stubble Goose.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. x. 87 A young stuble goose feeding it self fat in wheaten fields, is the best of all.
1708 W. King Art of Cookery 4 So Stubble-Geese at Micha'lmas are seen Upon the Spit; next May produces Green.
1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 42 37 Geese..are eaten young, under the name of green geese,..They are eaten adult, under the name of stubble geese.
1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 219 And the fat stubble-goose Swims in gravy and juice.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 720 Young geese are never seen at a Scottish farmer's table, though a stubble-goose at Michaelmas seems to be prized in England.
b. The grey-lag goose ( Anser cinereus).
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grey gooseeOE
fen-goose1606
greylag1685
marsh goose1766
stubble-goose1885
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 147.
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