Hypertext Webster Gateway: "matting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mat \Mat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Matting}.]
1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn.
2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or
like, a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matting \Mat"ting\, n. [From {Mat}, v. t. & i.]
1. The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make
a mat; the process of becoming matted.
2. Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike
fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and
the like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc.
3. Materials for mats.
4. An ornamental border. See 3d {Mat}, 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matting \Mat"ting\, n. [See {Matte}.]
A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as
gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
matting
n 1: floor covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
[syn: {mat}]
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