adjective
- having had a ring of bark removed from around the trunk or branch, typically to kill the tree
Usage: forestry; horticulture
Examples
- The ringbarked trees began to die within months.
- Farmers often use ringbarked timber for fencing.
- The old eucalyptus stood leafless, clearly ringbarked years ago.
- Ringbarked branches eventually fall from the tree.
- The forestry crew left several ringbarked trees as wildlife habitat.
- You can identify ringbarked trees by the missing strip of bark around their trunks.