D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Gnarled

/närld/ · IPA /nɑː(ɹ)ld/
01 a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
  1. 1.
    Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
    “The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak.” Shak.