I. (ˈ)pär|kā transitive verb
( parqueted -ād ; parqueted ; parqueting -āiŋ ; parquets )
Etymology: French parqueter, from parquet, n.
1. : to furnish (as a room) with a floor of parquetry
2. : to make (as a flooring) of parquetry
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, patterned flooring, branch of the government charged with the prosecution of crime as the representative of the public, (obsolete) parquet of a theater or auditorium, from Middle French, small enclosure, judges' section of a courtroom, from parc enclosure, enclosure for animals, park + -et — more at park
1.
a. : a patterned flooring ; especially : one made of parquetry
the front hall where … rugs lay on the waxed parquet — Philip Wylie
b. : parquetry
a … very attractive floor is provided by parquet — W.P.Matthew
2.
a. : the lower floor of a theater or auditorium ; specifically : the part extending from the area in front of the stage used by the orchestra to the parquet circle
b. : the forward part of such an area in a theater or auditorium
3. : the branch of the administrative government in France and other countries having a legal system based on Roman law or the Napoleonic Code that is charged primarily with the prosecution of crime as the representative of the public rather than of the injured party