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ringbarking

ringbarking is the present participle and gerund of ringbark.

Meaning of ringbark

Verb

ringbark (third-person singular simple present ringbarks, present participle ringbarking, simple past and past participle ringbarked)

  1. (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.
    • 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.1888, “An Act to regulate Ringbarking on Crown Lands and to limit claims for compensation under the fifteenth section of the "Lands Acts further Amendment Act of 1880."”, in Public Statutes of New...

Questions about ringbarking

What is ringbarking the present participle and gerund of?
Ringbarking is the present participle and gerund of ringbark.

Words near ringbarking in the dictionary

  1. ringbang
  2. ringbark
  3. ringbarked
  4. ringbarker
  5. ringbarkers
  6. ringbarking
  7. ringbarks
  8. ringbearer
  9. ringbearers
  10. ringbill
  11. ringbills

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