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Definition of Parquet
1. Noun. A floor made of parquetry.
2. Noun. Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
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
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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