matting

[ US /ˈmætɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /mˈætɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
  2. mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
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How To Use matting In A Sentence

  • The earliest-known kenaf production was in 4000 B.C., and the plant has traditionally been used in the making of rope, sacking, twine and matting.
  • The whole front of the theatre, a curtain of matting, is rolled up at intervals and, when the feat in progress is at its most thrilling climax, is let fall. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
  • The treaty usually took place in the dishevelled drawing-room, after a round of the widely parted chambers, where frowzy beds, covered with frowzy white counterpanes, stood on frowzy carpets or yet frowzier mattings, and dusty windows peered into purblind courts. London Films
  • Anther major improvement involves the magazine and newspapers who put no effort into formatting, minimal table of contents and zero presentation pazazz. E-reader Owners Are Happy Campers « Steve Wildstrom on Tech
  • But Ngurn's father, wrapped in decaying grass-matting and hanging even then over their heads among the smoky rafters of the devil-devil house, had held otherwise. THE RED ONE
  • Leading the way to operational safety and efficiency is the installation of appropriate floor matting, specific to the work station requirements.
  • Viewer copes best with word processor and text documents, reformatting the text to fit the narrow screen.
  • Two long walls of matting connected by a back wall and roof of the same material constituted the dining hall.
  • So I was busy, -- but managed to dismast the _hantu_ prau and wrap it up in matting, so that it went aboard with the plunder. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
  • This new version offers powerful control over the display and formatting of text.
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