cover with mats or matting

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• Matting — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mat — I. /mæt / (say mat) noun 1. a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or other fibre, used to cover a floor, to wipe the shoes on, etc. 2. a small piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase,… …  

• mat — {{11}}mat (adj.) 1640s, lusterless, dull (of a color or surface), from Fr. mat dull, dead surface, from O.Fr. mat beaten down, withered, afflicted, dejected; dull, which is perhaps from L. mattus maudlin with drink, from madere to be wet or… …   Etymology dictionary

• mat — mat1 matless, adj. /mat/, n., v., matted, matting. n. 1. a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to… …   Universalium

• mat — I [[t]mæt[/t]] n. v. mat•ted, mat•ting 1) cv a piece of fabric, as of plaited or woven fiber, used on a floor or other surface as a covering 2) cv a smaller piece of material set under an object, as a dish 3) spo a thick pad placed on a floor to… …   From formal English to slang

• mat — mat1 [mat] n. [ME matte < OE meatt < LL matta (> Ger matte) < Phoen word akin to Heb mittāh, a cover] 1. a flat, coarse fabric made of woven or plaited hemp, straw, rope, rushes, etc., often used as a floor covering 2. a piece of this …   English World dictionary

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Matted — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• MAT — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a piece of coarse material for wiping shoes on, esp. a doormat. 2 a piece of cork, rubber, plastic, etc., to protect a surface from the heat or moisture of an object placed on it. 3 a piece of resilient material for landing on in… …   Useful english dictionary

• mat — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a piece of coarse material for wiping shoes on, esp. a doormat. 2 a piece of cork, rubber, plastic, etc., to protect a surface from the heat or moisture of an object placed on it. 3 a piece of resilient material for landing on in… …   Useful english dictionary

• Mat — This article is about a piece of fabric. For other uses, see Mat (disambiguation). A welcome mat from Lexington, Massachusetts. A mat is a generic term for a piece of fabric or flat material, generally placed on a floor or other flat surface, and …   Wikipedia