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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 28, 2013
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Effective tax rate on earnings from operations (13.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 58.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 36.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Refund receivable related to amended Canadian tax returns $ 2,300,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReceivable    
Tax benefit recognized 50.00%ebf_TaxBenefitRecognizedThresholdLimitPercentage    
Unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest and penalties 329,481us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 246,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued  
Unrecognized tax benefit includes an aggregate of interest expense 17,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense    
Reductions due to lapses of statutes of limitations 82,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 32,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations  
Unrecognized tax benefits expiring 12 months    
Unrecognized interest or penalties other than tax benefits 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]      
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards $ 323,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Net operating loss carry forwards expiring 2023    
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Net operating loss carry forwards expiring 2025