▪ I.† ˈnobbly,a.Obs. [f. nob n.1] Knotty. 1398Trevisa 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.