ringbark

== English == === Alternative forms === ring-bark === Etymology === From ring +‎ bark. === Verb === ringbark (third-person singular simple present ringbarks, present participle ringbarking, simple past and past participle ringbarked) (ambitransitive) To remove the bark, phloem, and cambium from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, thereby normally killing the tree. ==== Usage notes ==== Ring-bark seems about twice as common as ringbark (without hyphen) in books. Girdling is much more common in the US. ==== Derived terms ==== ringbarker