Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets - Acquired Intangibles by Segment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Feb. 28, 2015	Nov. 29, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademarks - indefinite lived	$ 76,169us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedTrademarks
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	273,658us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Acquired intangible assets, less accumulated amortization	349,827	347,578
Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	849
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(488)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	361
Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	270,651
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(42,460)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	228,191
Other Acquired Intangibles [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	72,059
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(26,953)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	45,106
Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademarks - indefinite lived	784
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	139,028
Acquired intangible assets, less accumulated amortization	139,812
Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member] \| Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	281
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(122)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	159
Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	139,537
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(10,752)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	128,785
Engine/Mobile Filtration [Member] \| Other Acquired Intangibles [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	11,244
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(1,160)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	10,084
Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademarks - indefinite lived	75,385
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	134,630
Acquired intangible assets, less accumulated amortization	210,015
Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member] \| Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	568
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(366)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	202
Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	131,114
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(31,708)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	99,406
Industrial/Environmental Filtration [Member] \| Other Acquired Intangibles [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	60,815
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	(25,793)
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	35,022
Packaging [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademarks - indefinite lived	0
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	0
Acquired intangible assets, less accumulated amortization	0
Packaging [Member] \| Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	0
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	0
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	0
Packaging [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	0
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	0
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	0
Packaging [Member] \| Other Acquired Intangibles [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible asset, gross - finite lived	0
Accumulated amortization - finite lived intangible asset	0
Intangible asset, net - finite lived	$ 0

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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