matting

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The rabbits appeared well fed, but the majority are longhaired, meaning they should not have been kept outdoors and require daily brushing to avoid painful matting of the fur, Hadzimuratovic said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Wearing skullcaps, about 60 kneeled in the sun on green matting spread over bits of scrubby brown vegetation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

An England XI featuring Nasser Hussain and Alec Stewart lost by three runs chasing 177 in Amstelveen in 1989 on a sodden matting pitch.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Families pick the type of frame and matting and then a professional framer gets started.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2022

At the top of the staircase, a drab corridor stretched out ahead, with rough coconut matting on the floor.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman