Obs. [app. f. KNUCKLE-BONE (or f. *knuckle-bony) + -ARD.] A clumsy fellow.
1526. Skelton, Magnyf., 485. A knokylbonyarde wyll counterfet a clarke, He wolde trotte gentylly, but he is to stark.
1546. J. Heywood, Prov. (1867), 33. He is a knuckylbonyard veraie meete, To match a minion nother fayre nor sweete.
