adjective
also knub·bly ˈnəb(ə)lē, -li
( -er/-est )
Etymology: nubble or knubble + -ly
1. : having or like nubbles : knobby , lumpy
nubbly steel walls — R.M.Hodesh
sharp, nubbly grains provide more cutting points — advt
little nubbly reefs — D.C.Peattie
a nubbly magenta carpet — Alexander Laing
2. : nubby 2