vt & ·vi materials for mats.
2. matting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of mat.
3. matting ·vt & ·vi an ornamental border. ·see 3d mat, 4.
4. matting ·noun a dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, ·etc.
5. matting ·vt & ·vi the act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.
6. matting ·vt & ·vi 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.