Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Gnarled /närld/ · IPA /nɑː(ɹ)ld/ 01 a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. 1. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. “The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak.” — Shak.