Found 2 items, similar to parquet.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: parquet parquet n 1: a floor made of parquetry [syn: parquet floor] 2: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle
English → English (gcide) Definition: Parquet Parquet \Par*quet"\ (p[aum]r*k[=a]" or p[aum]r*k[e^]t"), n. [F. See Parquetry.] [1913 Webster] 1. A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as Parquetry. [1913 Webster] 3. In various European public bourses, the railed-in space within which the “agents de change,” or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them; -- distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. In most European countries, the branch of the administrative government which is charged with the prevention, investigation, and punishment of crime, representing the public and not the individual injured. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]