Jerry, I was leaning to Fur Down which I guess is the way I always spelled it until I took a second look. And thought of "Furring strips" but then considered "Fir" like the tree, and started doubting myself.

Ted, I always have considered a soffit to be the flat surface under an overhang as in soffit vents, but I have also heard of that term used interchangeably.

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