Adjective : matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish. From Dictionary.com.
Wrapped in matting, well oiled, free from rust, and brand new, two Winchesters were first unearthed. From Wordnik.com. [Contraband] Reference
We sat upon the floor, for chairs there are none in Japan, but the exquisite matting is padded until it is as soft as velvet. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference
There was a space on the floor between two tiger-skins where the matting was a little threadbare. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of the World] Reference
To the right of the matting was the door communicating with the shop, and to the left were bunks. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Scorpion] Reference
After gathering, the leaves are arranged in regular layers and covered with straw matting, which is removed in a couple of days. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Coating techniques, such as matting, varnishing and polishing. From Wordnik.com. [1. Purpose of Surface Treatment of Wood] Reference
In towns the Basors make the bamboo matting which is so much used. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
With passe partout he is using a word for what we call "matting" in the US. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
I went to see the manufacture of the matting which is used for making houses. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government] Reference
It was also covered with some kind of matting, and several doors opened into the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess] Reference
They make a coirfe kind of matting, and cloth of the bark of a tree, ulid chiefly for belts. From Wordnik.com. [A New, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority [microform] : containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages, undertaken by order of his present Majesty, for making discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the southern and northern hemispheres & c. &c. &c. ... the whole comprehending a full account, from the earliest period to the present time ...] Reference
They know how to make a coarse kind of matting, and a coarse cloth of the bark of a tree, which is used chiefly for belts. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14] Reference
The gym smelled like sweat and blue rubber matting. From Wordnik.com. [At the Gates] Reference
Amidships is a small platform partly roofed over with matting. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
It must have been pretty late before I stretched out on my matting. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
Everyone turned to the men and watched them fall over on the matting. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.17: Cherry Blossom Festival] Reference
The floors were tiles, covered with cane matting in the principal room. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
So, I go to one of the Air Force doctors and I ask about matting for them to sleep on. From Wordnik.com. [After The Floods, Misery And Motivation In Pakistan] Reference
A young woman kneels on the glossy straw matting and bows low, first to me, then Yutaka. From Wordnik.com. [Ukiyo] Reference
Our carpets are of matting and oil-cloth, islanded here and there with a choice bit of rug. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Japanese, including the sliding windows and doors, the hardwood floor and the matting walls. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
Coir is the fibre surrounding the nut, and is used for the manufacture of matting, door mats, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
The floor glinted and shone with wax; and there were dainty bits of fibre matting here and there. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Dan looked for a moment at the closed door, then stepped across the yard of matting and opened it. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Its roof was flat, and above this was another covering of matting which formed a fine sheltered promenade. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Champney sat down on the thick rusty-red matting of pine needles and turned to him, a question in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The walls, floors and pews were drenched, and the mud has collected on the matting and carpets an inch deep. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Garbage cans in the area were emptied and matting was laid down on the grass to make a path to the Oxford Union. From Wordnik.com. [Off The Wall?] Reference
Upon the polished surface of the ample hall are strewn rugs of beautiful design or the fancy straw matting of the East. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
The inside of the Mustang was filled with fresh air and she could feel the blood drying on her face and matting her hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Flame Child] Reference
A pretty room it was, too, with blue and gray matting, blue tinted walls, its white stand and dresser, and little brass bed. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
This grass is also an excellent soil binder, as its roots form a perfect matting in any kind of moist soil soon after planting. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The casco is covered by a roof of matting, made in sliding sections, with a cabin in the stern where the family of the owner lives. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference
Their beds are of matting, and they mostly sleep in certain things like hanging nets, called in the language of Hispaniola hamacas. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
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