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Meanings of make of matting in English

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Usage of make of matting in English
1
The sails were made of matting, with laths placed across them.
The Three Midshipmen
2
They are rowed by paddles, and some have a sort of lateen sail, made of matting.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
3
In wet weather they wore instead garments made of matting, some of a very fine and beautiful description.
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
4
The native beds are made of matting such as they put over tea chests, or bull's hide stretched.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
5
The sail is triangular and made of matting, and in fine weather they can beat to windward with the fastest ship.
Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
6
The monks lodged in huts made of matting and hence this convention has been called the "Chapter of Mats."
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
7
She looked at a certain long bag made of matting which lay there, some bits of grass sticking out of one end.
Macleod of Dare
8
Above them the great sail made of matting of fibre, strained in the breeze that drove them nearer to the haven where they would be.
The Book of Missionary Heroes
9
There is a passage all round where pots and baskets are kept, and within that a square room made of matting with a mat floor.
Southern Arabia