Gnarled
[nɑːld]
Definition
(adj.) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; 'gnarled and knotted hands'; 'a knobbed stick' .
Editor: Roxanne--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Gnarl
(a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
Inputed by Cecile
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Knotty, knotted, gnarly, full of knots.
Edited by Adrian
Examples
- The palish, gnarled trunks showed ghostly, and like old priests in the hovering distance, the fern rose magical and mysterious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Adrian