Mat

mat, n. a texture of sedge, rushes, straw, . for cleaning the feet on: a web of rope-yarn: an ornamental border for a picture: a piece of cloth, . put below dishes on a table: anything like a mat in appearance, thick and closely set: any interwoven structure used as a revetment on river-banks, .: a sack of matting used to cover tea and coffee chests, such a sack containing a certain quantity of coffee: the closely-worked portion of lace: any annular pad to protect the head in bearing burdens.— v.t. to cover with mats: to interweave: to entangle:— pr.p. mat′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. mat′ted. [A.S. meatta —L. matt a , a mat.]