barnacled
adjEtymology From barnacle + -ed.
1
Crusted with barnacles.
2
Broadly, Figuratively Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
3
Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
4
Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
5
Figuratively Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
6
Figuratively Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
- Derived terms
- unbarnacled