Definition of Ringbark

1. Verb. To remove the bark from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, normally killing the tree (because nutrients are carried through the phloem, the layers immediately under the bark, which layers are damaged by the process). ¹

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Definition of Ringbark

1. to make an encircling cut through the bark of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringbark

ring theoretic
ring theoretical
ring theorist
ring theorists
ring theory
ring thrush
ring tone
ring topologies
ring topology
ring toss
ring true
ring ulcer of cornea
ring up
ring vaccination
ringback
ringbark (current term)
ringbarked
ringbarking
ringbarks
ringbearer
ringbearers
ringbill
ringbills
ringbird
ringbirds
ringbit
ringbits
ringbolt
ringbolts
ringbone

Literary usage of Ringbark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1887)
"And any lessee who shall, without such permission, ringbark trees on a ... Whosoever shall ringbark trees, or strip bark from trees on Crown lands, ..."

2. Settler's Guide and Farmer's Handbook by Western Australia Dept. of Agriculture, L. Lindley-Cowen (1897)
"It is better to grub the smaller trees and ringbark the big ones. (3.) My impression in Victoria was, and many Victorians bear me out in this, that the land ..."

3. On the Wool Track by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1910)
"Nearer the sea in Australia they cut down trees—ringbark them, destroy them in any way —to improve the grass. In the mulga country the long dead tufts of ..."

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