Definition of "girdling" []

• Present participle of girdle. (verb)

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• "Suppose we liken the British Empire to a chain girdling the world, composed of alternate links of blue and brown -- sea and land -- we then have a symbol of the Empire."
• "But methods such as girdling, slash and burn, and the rest, came almost directly from Indian technology."
• "There are no recent marks of the axe -- not even the "girdling" of a tree -- nothing to show that another rood is required."