Gnarled Definition
närld
adjective
Knotty and twisted, as the trunk of an old tree.
Webster's New World
Roughened, hardened, sinewy, etc., as hands that do rough work.
Webster's New World
Rugged and roughened, as from old age or work.
The gnarled hands of a carpenter.
American Heritage
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1)
Wiktionary
Simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2)
Wiktionary
Origin of Gnarled
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Variant of knurled, from knurl. Surface analysis is gnarl + -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.
From Wiktionary
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Probably variant of knarled from knarl tangle, knot alteration of Middle English knarre knot in wood knar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested Shakespeare 1603:
From Wiktionary
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See gnarl (Etymology 2)
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