The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knarl \Knarl\ (n[aum]rl), n. A knot in wood. See Gnarl.
Wiktionary
n. A knot in wood.
Usage examples of "knarl".
I stood up,using the knarled trunk of the old oak for support, suppressing the pain from my ankle, which I couldfeel swelling up in the confines of my tightly laced boot.
He kept saying nobody in their right mind would rather study Knarls than Chimaeras — oh, I don't think he's got a Chimaera,' she added at the appalled look on Harry and Ron's faces, 'but that's not for lack of trying, from what he said about how hard it is to get eggs.
The practical examination took place in the afternoon on the lawn on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where students were required to correctly identify the Knarl hidden among a dozen hedgehogs (the trick was to offer them all milk in turn: Knarls, highly suspicious creatures whose quills had many magical properties, generally went berserk at what they saw as an attempt to poison them).
He kept saying nobody in their right mind would rather study Knarls than Chimaeras - oh, I don't think he's got a Chimaera,' she added at the appalled look on Harry and Ron's faces, 'but that's not for lack of trying, from what he said about how hard it is to get eggs.
The practical examination took place in the afternoon on the lawn on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where students were required to correctly identify the Knarl hidden among a dozen hedgehogs (the trick was to offer them all milk in turn: Knarls, highly suspicious creatures whose quills had many magical properties, generally went berserk at what they saw as an attempt to poison them).