Clothing vs. Furring

Clothingnoun

Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.

Clothingnoun

An act or instance of putting clothes on.

Clothingnoun

(obsolete) The art or process of making cloth.

Clothingnoun

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

Clothingnoun

Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

Clothingnoun

The art of process of making cloth.

Clothingnoun

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

Clothingnoun

See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

Clothingnoun

a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel, and attire) are items worn on the body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural products found in the environment, put together.

Furringnoun

Parts of clothing made from fur.

Furringnoun

A coating that resembles fur.

Furringnoun

A strip of material used to prepare a wall for plastering, or to provide an air space.

Furringnoun

(shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.

Furringnoun

The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.

Furringnoun

Double planking of a ship's side.

Furringnoun

A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.

Furringnoun

a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue

Furringnoun

strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard

Furring

In construction, furring (furring strips) are thin strips of wood or other material to level or raise surfaces of another material to prevent dampness, to make space for insulation, or to level and resurface ceilings or walls. Furring refers to the process of installing the strips and to the strips themselves.