Describing wood or fabric that has burls (lumpy growths or knots) on its surface, creating a distinctive knotted or bumpy pattern.
Past participle of 'burl,' from Middle English and Old Norse origins. A burl is a knot or growth on a tree, and the verb 'to burl' means to remove these growths or to finish cloth by removing nubs.
Burled wood is actually worth more money because those lumpy knots create one-of-a-kind grain patterns that look beautiful in high-end furniture—nature's way of making something flawed into something precious.
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