| Definitions | matting
noun
- mats, a collection of ground coverings
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
- :His departure oppressed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, I threw myself almost in despair upon the of the floor.
- coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats
- c. 1771 James Cook, First Voyage Round the World
- :... the sails are of Matting and are made narrow at the head and Square at the foot,...
- :Besides Cloth they Tahitians make several different sorts of , both better and finer than any we have in Europe; the stuff they make it on is the Produce of the Palm tree.
- a dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures; matte
verb
- present participle of mat
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