ringbark

Etymology

From ring + bark.

ringbark means To remove the bark, phloem, and cambium from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, thereby normally killing the tree. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

verb

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