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parterre
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] 2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France] [1913 Webster]
