furring
noun, verb
furring is a noun meaning “Parts of clothing made from fur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-R-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of furring is furrings.
What does furring mean?
noun
- 1
Parts of clothing made from fur.
- 2
A coating that resembles fur.
a furring of the tongue
- 3
A strip of material used to prepare a wall for plastering, or to provide an air space.
- 4
Double planking of a ship's side.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of fur
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of furring
- furrings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furring?
Furring appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Furring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A strip of material used to prepare a wall for plastering:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tasseau |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.