Mat (4)

Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Matted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Matting.] 1. To cover or lay with mats. Evelyn.

2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. Dryden.