'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]