fur
noun
the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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This was the third winter he had furred this path without interruption, and by all the custom of the coast no one would now interfere with his claim.
From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell