to girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark

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Definition of to girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark in English English dictionary

ring-bark

Six or eight inches above this graft the stem should be ring-barked, but leaves above the ring-bark left for shade for two or three weeks .

Hyphenation

to gir·dle a tree; to kill a Tree by re·mo·ving a ring of bark