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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2015 | Feb. 28, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2013 | Feb. 28, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash impairment charge of goodwill and trademarks, Total | $ 93,324,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | $ 93,324,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | $ 24,226,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment |  |
Goodwill impairment | 55,923,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss | 55,923,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss | 18,626,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |
Trademarks impairment charges | 37,400,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of asset |  | 9 years 6 months | 7 years 1 month 6 days |  |
Amortization of trade names, customer lists, and patent |  | 5,779,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets | 4,216,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets | 3,278,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets |
Goodwill acquired |  | 5,205,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod | 12,024,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |  |
Wisco and NIC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  | 12,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember | 12,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember |  |
Sovereign [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  | 945,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  |  |
Kay Toledo [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  | 4,200,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember |  |  |
Apparel Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash impairment charge of goodwill and trademarks, Total |  | 93,324,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember |  |  | 24,226,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Goodwill impairment |  | 55,923,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember | 18,626,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember |  | 18,626,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Percentage of carrying value of goodwill and impairment |  | 88.00%ebf_PercentageOfCarryingValueOverFairValueOfGoodwillForTwoStepGoodwillImpairmentTest / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember |  |  |
Apparel Segment [Member] | Trademarks [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks impairment charges |  | 37,400,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember |  |  | 5,600,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Print Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill impairment |  | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_PrintSegmentMember |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  | $ 5,205,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_PrintSegmentMember | $ 12,024,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_PrintSegmentMember |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of asset |  | 1 year |  |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of asset |  | 15 years |  |  |

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