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

One night Gubar has an “accident” — her excrement-containing ostomy bag, girdled to her stomach, oozes with messy seepage.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

The keys were chained to the studded leather belt that girdled his waist.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin