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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Matting \Mat"ting\, n. [See Matte.]

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)