matting

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Matting lay on the floor, streaked here and there ominously by the dampness from the near ground.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

Matting is spread before the entrance-door, upon which the bride's litter is placed, while the two principal retainers congratulate one another, and the officers of the bridegroom receive the litter.

From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron

Matting, mat′ing, n. a covering with mats: a texture like a mat, but larger: material for mats.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

You just be square, and do business on the golden rule plan, and you have got a heap more religion than some people who are Matting about all the time.

From Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

Some have them of fine Matting, but this is less common.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James