1. the process of extracting turpentine from pine trees by making cuts in the bark
Usage: forestry; historical

Examples

• The workers were turpentining the pine forest to collect resin.
• Turpentining was a major industry in the southeastern United States.
• The old scars on the tree trunks showed evidence of past turpentining.
• He learned the traditional methods of turpentining from his grandfather.
• The turpentining season typically ran from spring through fall.