Definition of Gnarled

1. Adjective. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots. "A knobbed stick"

Exact synonyms: Gnarly, Knobbed, Knotted, Knotty
Similar to: Crooked
Derivative terms: Gnarl

Definition of Gnarled

1. a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.

Definition of Gnarled

1. Adjective. knotty and misshapen ¹

2. Adjective. made rough by age or hard work ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gnarled

1. gnarl [v] - See also: gnarl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnarled

gmails
gmelinite
gmelinites
gmina
gminas
gms
gnaborretni
gnaborretnis
gnaff
gnamma
gnammas
gnaphalium
gnaphaliums
gnar
gnarl
gnarled (current term)
gnarley
gnarlier
gnarliest
gnarling
gnarls
gnarly
gnarr
gnarred
gnarring
gnarrs
gnars
gnash
gnashed
gnasher

Literary usage of Gnarled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1850)
"Another description is called the scrubby oak —it resembles the British gnarled oak, and is remarkably hard and durable. The birch* tribe is very numerous: ..."

2. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"... and is in high repute; another description is called the scrubby oak — it resembles the British gnarled oak, and is remarkably hard and durable. ..."

3. Class Book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"Here it is cylindrical, straight and erect, as in the forest pine ; prismatic often, as in the gum-tree ; gnarled and curved, as in the oak ; or inclined ..."

4. A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George (1919)
"Not a thought chased over her gnarled brown face. From the stove came the faint, pungent smell of the charring peel. CHAPTER XX A FORTNIGHT later Victoria ..."

5. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"It attains a larger size ; old gnarled trunks have 7-8 ft. in girth, with a rounded crown often 15-20 ft. high. ..."

6. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"... as in the Forest Pine ; prismatic often, as in the Gum-tree ; gnarled and curved, as in the Oak ; or inclined far over its base, as in the Sycamore. ..."

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