parquet

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical…

   A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.

   • The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…].
2. 2

   The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.

3. 3

   In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles…

   In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.

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   1. 4

      In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents…

      In some European bourses or stock exchanges, 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.

   2. 5

      To lay or fit such a floor.

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