1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella xii. l. 560 Cane- or reed-mats, into which the olives are gathered.
1898 Dec. 543/2 There they pitch their tents and construct their crazy houses of cedar shakes and reed mats.
2002 Feb.–Mar. 91/2 Nama huts are round, dome-shaped, reed-and-mud structures, originally covered with reed mats, though today hessian sacking is used.