ringbark

English

verb

Definitions

To remove the bark from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, normally killing the tree (because nutrients are carried through the phloem, the layers immediately under the bark, which layers are damaged by the process).

Etymology

Compound from English ring (surround, sound a bell, planetary rings) + English bark (dog noise, surface of tree, covering of tree, make the noise).

Origin

English

bark

Gloss

dog noise, surface of tree, covering of tree, make the noise

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Barkese English
O-ring English
Ringhead English
Ringnut English
Ringwraith English
armring English
bark English
barkbound English
barkcloth English
barken English
barker English
barkery English
barkest English
barketh English
barking English
barkless English
barklike English
barkometer English
barksome English
barky English
bebark English
belly button ring English
birchbark English
blogring English
blue-ringed octopus English
bullring English
chainring English
cock ring English
crampbark English
disbark English
earring English
enring English
exoring English
eyering English
headring English
heteroring English
hyperring English
ironbark English
keyring English
lacebark English
lockring English
microring English
multiring English
nanoring English
ninebark English
oakbark English
oath-ring English
outbark English
outring English
overring English
paperbark English
pseudoring English
ring English
ring-neck English
ring-tailed English
ringable English
ringback English
ringbearer English
ringbill English
ringbird English
ringboard English
ringbolt English
ringbone English
ringcraft English
ringdove English
ringdown English
ringer English
ringest English
ringeth English
ringette English
ringfence English
ringfort English
ringful English
ringhead English
ringhole English
ringleader English
ringleading English
ringless English
ringlet English
ringlight English
ringlike English
ringmail English
ringman English
ringmaster English
ringmistress English
ringneck English
ringoid English
ringpiece English
ringpost English
ringsail English
ringshine English
ringside English
ringspot English
ringspun English
ringster English
ringstone English
ringtail English
ringtone English
ringway English
ringwise English
ringwork English
ringworld English
ringworm English
ringwraith English
ringy English
root bark English
rootbark English
seal ring English
semiring English
shagbark English
shellbark English
soapbark English
stembark English
stringybark English
subring English
superring English
tanbark English
treebark English
unbark English
underbark English
unring English
webring English
whitebark English
yeldrin English
ring Dutch, Flemish
ring French
ринг Russian
ring Spanish, Castilian
ringue Portuguese
リング Japanese
ring Polish
barken Middle English
ring Middle English
ring Serbo-Croatian
링 Korean
ilingi Swati
riñg Crimean Tatar