Definition of Parquet

1. Noun. A floor made of parquetry.

Exact synonyms: Parquet Floor
Generic synonyms: Floor, Flooring

2. Noun. Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
Generic synonyms: Seating, Seating Area, Seating Room, Seats
Group relationships: House, Theater, Theatre

Definition of Parquet

1. n. 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.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Parquet

1. Noun. a wooden floor made of parquetry. ¹

2. Noun. the part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To lay or fit such a floor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parquet

1. to furnish with a floor of inlaid design [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parquet

paroxytonic
parp
parpane
parpanes
parped
parpen
parpend
parpends
parpens
parpent
parpents
parping
parpoint
parpoints
parps
parquet (current term)
parquet circle
parquet floor
parquetage
parqueted
parqueterie
parqueting
parquetries
parquetry
parquets
parquette
parquettes
parr
parrakeet
parrakeets

Literary usage of Parquet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Berlin and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Orchestra stalls 8 ^, parquet stalls 6 ^, 1st balcony 6-6'/2 o*, ... Orchestra and best boxes 8 ^35, parquet boxes and 1st balcony boxes 6 ^ 35, stalls, ..."

2. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"1st balcony boxes G*, parquet 4V«i 2nd balcony 3; gallery 1m. 4. WALLNER THEATRE (PI. r; îi, 2, 3), for comedies and popular farces : best boxes 6 m. ..."

3. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"Best boxes 8 Л; 1st balcony and 1st balcony-boxes 5, parquet or parquet-boxes (the latter not recommended) 5, 2nd balcony and 2nd balcony-boxes 3'/2} 3rd ..."

4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"parquet- flooring is really tongued-and-grooved strip-flooring carefully ... In most of this parquet-flooring, the tongue-and-groove is in the middle of the ..."

5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"not done, he says, until after the war began! ^ cae < From Martinico Du parquet sent an°expedition of 150 nick* men, under the command of his lieutenant^ ..."

6. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"NEUES THEATER (PI. v; H. l), Schiffbauerdamm 49; modern comedies and dramas ; best seats 7 ; 1st balcony box 6 ; parquet 2-3 M. 1 »alcony 3 Л. 10. ..."

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