Modifies a noun

• trunk: The gnarled trunks of the oaks glared at him with furrowed wooden eyebrows.

• oak: To the best of my knowledge there is a lone single holly tree growing among the old gnarled dwarf oaks.

• veteran: The fresh green recruits of yesterday will begin their transformation to gnarled veteran.

• finger: He scratched his scalp with a gnarled finger, careful not to disrupt the strands of hair.

• tree: On the track back to the woods you'll also see some strange gnarled trees on the left hand side.

• root: Peel the celeriac, cut off and discard the worst of the gnarled tangled roots at the bottom.