gnarled

The definition of gnarled is being knotty, roughened or misshapen.

(adjective)

An example of something gnarled is the trunk of an old oak tree.

See gnarled in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ult. < ME knorre, a knot: see knur

See gnarled in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having gnarls; knotty or misshapen: gnarled branches.
Morose or peevish; crabbed.
Rugged and roughened, as from old age or work: the gnarled hands of a carpenter.

Origin:

Origin: Probably variant of knarled

Origin: , from knarl, tangle, knot

Origin: , alteration of Middle English knarre, knot in wood; see knar

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