girdled
Example Sentences
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As long as a tree is not girdled — cut entirely around its circumference, severing all the vascular tissue — it will continue to live.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Temujin girdled his sworn friend Jamukha with the golden belt taken as loot from Toqto’a of the Merkit.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Individual ash can also be girdled to make a so-called trap tree: the bark is removed all the way around the trunk, drawing borers in the vicinity with the promise of exposed sapwood.
From The Verge ● Nov. 25, 2019
Undesirable tree species and invasive vegetation were carefully managed, meaning they were cut, girdled, or treated with herbicide.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2018
Pus-yellow pools girdled her scabbed nose, and her swollen lips were fenced with mean rows of brackish stitches.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
