'Parquet' definitions:
Definition of 'parquet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A floor made of parquetry [syn: parquet, parquet floor]
noun
Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle
Definition of 'Parquet'
From: 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.]