matting (root: mat)

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mat=ting

CIDE DICTIONARY

matting, n. [From Mat, v. t. & i.].

•  The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.  [1913 Webster]
•  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]
•  Materials for mats.  [1913 Webster]
•  An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4.  [1913 Webster]

matting, n. [See Matte.].

 A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

matting, n.
1 fabric of hemp, bast, grass, etc., for mats (coconut matting).
2 in senses of MAT(1) v.

ROGET THESAURUS

matting

Crossing

N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.