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Definition of Furrings
1. furring [n] - See also: furring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furrings
Literary usage of Furrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1919)
"18 ft. spruce ; linings and furrings, corners of base of front; % by 4 in. ...
linings and furrings for mullion ; Î1 ft. pine; corners of front; ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1909)
"The carpenter also sets plaster furrings, three-quarters of an inch thick, ...
It occasionally becomes necessary to lath on very thin furrings to cover over ..."
3. Building Superintendence: A Manual for Young Architects, Students, and by Theodore Minot Clark (1883)
"THE plasterer is to examine and try all ceilings, partitions, and furrings, and
is to notify the carpenter of all that verifying are not square, true, ..."
4. The School House: Its Heating and Ventilation by Joseph Augustus Moore (1905)
"In brick buildings the space between the furrings on the outside walls or on
brick partitions should be filled flush with mortar for a space of five inches ..."
5. The Architect's and Builder's Pocket-book of Mensuration, Geometry ...by Frank Eugene Kidder by Frank Eugene Kidder (1892)
"It acts as a stiffener and support for the lathing, and where used, food furrings
which cost from eight to ten cents per yard are superfluous. ..."
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