资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
rushes.]
1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or
similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at
the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and
for other purposes.
2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant
houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table,
securing rigging from friction, and the like.
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a
mat of hair.
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal,
etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
{Mat grass}. (Bot.)
(a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}).
(b) Same as {Matweed}.
{Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used
in England for making mats.