Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parterre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parquet circle \Parquet circle\
That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the
rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called
also, esp. in U. S., {orchestra circle} or {parterre}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parterre \Par*terre"\, n. [F., fr. par on, by (L. per)+terre
earth, ground, L. terra. See {Terrace}.]
1. (Hort.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds
or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with
intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
parterre
n 1: an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to
form a pattern
2: seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the
balconies) [syn: {parquet circle}]
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