▪ I. † ˈnobbly, a. Obs.
[f. nob n.1]
Knotty.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxi. (Bodl. MS.) 230 b/2 Wiþ many brakingges..hurden beþ departed fro [the substance of] hempe oþer of flex and is grete whan it is departed, nobly, schorte, and rowȝe. |
▪ II. nobbly
variant of knobbly a.