1. covered with or encrusted by barnacles
Usage: nautical

Examples

• The old ship’s hull was heavily barnacled after years at sea.
• Divers scraped the barnacled surface of the pier supports.
• The whale’s barnacled skin showed its age and long ocean journeys.
• We found a barnacled piece of driftwood on the beach.
• The lighthouse keeper cleaned the barnacled rocks below the tower.
• The submarine’s barnacled exterior needed maintenance after the long voyage.