fur out

English

Verb

fur out (third-person singular simple present furs out, present participle furring out, simple past and past participle furred out)

  1. (transitive, construction) Synonym of fur (“to level a surface by applying furring to it”).
    • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 11:
      Sometimes built-ins or plumbing fixtures make it impossible to fur out a wall or build a false one.
    • 2010, Aaron Lubeck, Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes:
      A 5⁄4-inch cornerboard furred out ¼ inch gives a matching shadowline to a 1½-inch original cornerboard.

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