To girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark, phloem, and cambium.

The bark removed by ring-barking / The area of the tree from which the bark has been removed by ring-barking

A tree (Drimys winteri) native to Chile and Argentina, grown as an ornamental plant for its reddish-brown bark, bright green, fragrant leaves and clusters of creamy white, jasmine-scented flowers.

simple past tense and past participle of ring-bark

A disease of maple trees caused by the fungus Cryptostroma corticale.

A form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by exposure to spores of the fungus Cryptostroma corticale.

Misconstruction of bark up the wrong tree

A surname.

(idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious. / (idiomatic) Often making cutting remarks, but having a gentle personality underneath.

A muntjac.