Ringbark

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the bark, phloem, and cambium from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, thereby normally killing the tree. ambitransitive

    "After the passing of this Act no lessee of Crown Lands shall ringbark any trees on Crown Lands unless he be the holder of a permission to ringbark under the hand of the Minister."

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"After the passing of this Act no lessee of Crown Lands shall ringbark any trees on Crown Lands unless he be the holder of a permission to ringbark under the hand of the Minister."

Etymology

From ring + bark.

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