matting

The act or process of producing a dull or roughened surface on metal; specifically, the process of covering plates with varnish in gilding on water-size.

A dull, slightly roughened surface, free from polish, produced by the use of the mat.

In stained glass, color laid on to deaden a surface or to render glass less transparent.

Materials for mats; matwork.

A fabric of some coarse material, as rushes, flags, grass, straw, hemp, bamboo, etc., used for covering floors, as a packing for some kinds of goods, and for various other purposes.

Nautical, a texture made of strands of old rope, or of spun-yarn, beaten flat and interwoven, used to prevent chafing.

The mat of a picture.—

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

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.

Materials for mats.