parquet

n. 1 flooring of wooden blocks arranged in a pattern. 2 us stalls of a theatre. v. (-eted; -eting) floor (a room) thus. [french, diminutive of parc *park]

n. A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit.