knurl

English

A knurled pattern for grip.

Etymology

From knur +‎ -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr.

gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɜːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɝl/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Noun

knurl (plural knurls)

1. A contorted knot in wood.
2. A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
3. A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.

Translations

contorted knot in wood

• Bulgarian: чвор (bg) m (čvor)
• Ottoman Turkish: بوداق (budak)

grip pattern

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• Catalan: gràfila f
• Chinese:

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• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pyällys
• French: moletage (fr) m
• German: Rändelung f, Riffelung (de) f
• Macedonian: нарецкување n (nareckuvanje)
• Polish: radełkowanie n, moletowanie n, ryflowanie n
• Russian: нака́тка (ru) f (nakátka)
• Serbo-Croatian: nareckivanje n, radlovanje n, rovašenje (sh) n
• Spanish: grafila f
• Swedish: räffla (sv) c

Verb

knurl (third-person singular simple present knurls, present participle knurling, simple past and past participle knurled)

1. To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.