Matting

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.

2. 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.

3. Materials for mats.

4. An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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