Parquet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parquet
       n 1: a floor made of parquetry [syn: {parquet floor}]
       2: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the
          parquet circle

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "parquet":
     auditorium, balcony, box, box seat, carpet, check, checker,
     checkerboard, checkerwork, chessboard, colors in patches, cover,
     crazy-work, deck, dress circle, earth, fauteuil, floor,
     floor covering, flooring, gallery, ground, harlequin, loge,
     marquetry, mosaic, nigger heaven, orchestra, orchestra circle,
     paradise, parquet circle, parquetry, parterre, patchwork, pave,
     pavement, paving, peanut gallery, pit, plaid, proscenium boxes,
     stall, standing room, surfacing, tartan, terra firma, tessellation,
     tesserae, theatre stall, variegated pattern