KNOBBED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knobbed mean? 

• KNOBBED (adjective)
  The adjective KNOBBED has 1 sense:

1. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

  Familiarity information: KNOBBED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNOBBED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

Synonyms:

gnarled; gnarly; knobbed; knotted; knotty

Context example:

a knobbed stick

Similar:

crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

 Context examples 

He clasped his hands behind his head, threw them aloft, and swung them backwards, and at every movement some fresh expanse of his smooth, white skin became knobbed and gnarled with muscles, whilst a yell of admiration and delight from the crowd greeted each fresh exhibition.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)