MATTING

mat, matting

(noun) mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture

matting

(noun) a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)

MAT

felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat

(verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; “The fabric felted up after several washes”

entangle, tangle, mat, snarl

(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; “The child entangled the cord”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

matting (countable and uncountable, plural mattings)

Mats, a collection of ground coverings.

Coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats.

(arts, photography) A dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures.

Synonyms: matte, mat, passe-partout

Verb

matting

present participle of mat

Source: Wiktionary

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Mat"ting, n. Etym: [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.

Mat"ting, n. Etym: [See Matte.]

Definition: A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.

MAT

Mat, n. Etym: [Cf. Matte.]

Definition: A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.]

Mat, a. Etym: [OF. See 4th Mate.]

Definition: Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer.

Mat, n. Etym: [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]

1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.

2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.

3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.

4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype. Mat grass. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta). (b) Same as Matweed.

– Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.

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.

Mat, v. i.

Definition: To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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