matted

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of mat
2. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of matt
3. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of matte

adj

1. Forming a thick tangled mess.

   “The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […]”

   “As the warrior emerged from the forest, Tarzan caught a fleeting glimpse of a tawny hide worming its way through the matted jungle grasses in his wake—it was Numa, the lion. He, too, was stalking the black man.”

2. Covered with mats or matting.

   “The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library […]”