matting1 (mating)

[Verbal n. of mat1, v.] 1. Materials for mats; matwork.-2. A fabric of some coarse material, as rushes, flags, gra , straw, hemp, bamboo, etc., used for covering floors, as a packing for some kinds of goods, and for various other purposes. All around us, what powers are wrapped up under the coarse mattings of custom, and all wonder prevented. Emerson, New England Reformers. 3. Naut., a texture made of strands of old rope, or of spun-yarn, beaten flat and interwoven, used to prevent chafing.-4. The mat of a picture.- Canton matting. Same as India matting. - Cocoanut matting, matting made of coir, especially that which is heavy and thick and rather open in texture. It