He leaped from the saddle, and, throwing the rein over a knotted limb, walked rapidly toward them, holding out a hand to each, as Bertrand and Mary hurried forward.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Glenning's knotted fists were writhing under his folded arms.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
For a time, every sense was concentrated on an effort to shelter her face from the hail which fell upon her thinly covered arms and shoulders like a scourge of knotted wire.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss