What does "furring" mean?
Furring: (Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.
Additional senses
- 2.A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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