'Matting' definitions:
Definition of 'matting'
(from WordNet)
noun
A covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
noun
Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: mat, matting]
Definition of 'Matting'
From: GCIDE
- Mat \Mat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted; p. pr. & vb. n. Matting.]
- 1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle. [1913 Webster]
- And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Matting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Materials for mats. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Matting'
From: GCIDE
- Matting \Mat"ting\, n. [See Matte.] A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Matting'
- Mat,
- Matted,
- mat up,
- Canton matting,
- China matting,
- India matting,
- Mat grass,
- Mat rush,
- Mat'eriel,
- Matted glass,
- Paunch mat,
- Rope mat,
- Russia matting,
- Sea mat,
- Sword mat,
- bath mat,
- beer mat,
- drip mat,
- gym mat,
- mouse mat,
- place mat,
- prayer mat,
- table mat,
- water mat,
- welcome mat,
- wrestling mat,
- sayeret mat'kal