to box a tree

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Boxing.] [1913 Webster]

1.To inclose in a box. [1913 Webster]

2.To furnish with boxes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster]

3.(Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. [1913 Webster]

To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap.

To box off, to divide into tight compartments.

To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters. [1913 Webster]