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Parquet

noun

A floor made of parquetry. Synonym: parquet floor.

Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle.

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"Parquet" Quotes from Famous Books

... erred, whose wooden head we bang when things go wrong with us," says Saxham bitterly. He reaches out a hand for the tobacco-pouch and his glance falls upon the day's issue of the Siege Gazette lying on the parquet linoleum, where it has fallen from his hand a little while ago. He stoops and picks it up, and offers it ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... beside the greater and more artistic. It never has tried to be much higher than a man's feet, has been content for the most part to soften and brighten floors that before its coming were left in the cold bareness of tile or parquet. It crept up to the backs and seats of chairs, and into panelled screens a little later on, but never has it had much vogue ...

— The Tapestry Book • Helen Churchill Candee

... his long lips from side to side three or four times, then pursed them up, lifted his small eyes, which had been staring between his feet at a Persian rug on the parquet in front of the divan, looked at Miss Van Tuyn, who was standing ...

— December Love • Robert Hichens

Words linked to "Parquet" : seats, floor, seating area, seating, theatre, house, theater, seating room, flooring