Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets (Schedule of Goodwill) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2015	Dec. 03, 2016	Nov. 28, 2015
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, beginning of period		$ 506,265,000	$ 507,172,000
Acquisitions			4,561,000
Disposals and write-offs	$ (491,000)		(491,000)
Currency translation adjustments		(10,856,000)	(4,977,000)
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments		7,499,000
Goodwill, end of period		502,908,000	506,265,000
Goodwill impairment		0
Engine Mobile Filtration [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, beginning of period		207,537,000	216,114,000
Acquisitions			(7,377,000)
Disposals and write-offs			0
Currency translation adjustments		(990,000)	(1,200,000)
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments		0
Goodwill, end of period		206,547,000	207,537,000
Industrial Environmental Filtration [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, beginning of period		298,728,000	291,058,000
Acquisitions			11,938,000
Disposals and write-offs			(491,000)
Currency translation adjustments		(9,866,000)	(3,777,000)
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments		3,604,000
Goodwill, end of period		292,466,000	298,728,000
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, beginning of period		0	0
Acquisitions			0
Disposals and write-offs			0
Currency translation adjustments		0	0
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments		3,895,000
Goodwill, end of period		$ 3,895,000	$ 0