furring

Example Sentences

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The shocking thing is that the flue gases had escaped from the chimney and could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

If flue gases had escaped from the chimney, they could have set the wood framing near the chimney and the wood furring strips on fire.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Made of rare-earth magnets encased in wood, the holder looks almost like a well-sanded and stained furring strip.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2019

Bad cholesterol is the villain in heart world - it leads to blood vessels furring up, becoming easy to block which fatally starves the heart or brain of oxygen.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2017

The pine paneling was gone from the walls leaving just the furring strips.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy