ring†

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See girdle quotes.

See: girdle

Quotations

1808

Instead of cutting down the trees, the Americans very frequently ring them, as they term it, which is cutting a section of the bark quite round

1836

. . . a deep gash is cut through the bark . . . quite round the bole of the tree . . . This is technically called ringing timber.