parquet

Definitions

• A wooden floor made of parquetry.
• The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
• (historical) In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions.
• (historical) 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.