Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parquet \Par*quet"\, n.
   1. In various European public bourses, 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.

   2. In most European countries, the branch of the
      administrative government which is charged with the
      prevention, investigation, and punishment of crime,
      representing the public and not the individual injured.

Parquet \Par*quet"\, n. [F. See {Parquetry}.]
   1. 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.

   2. Same as {Parquetry}.

Source : WordNet®

parquet
     n 1: a floor made of parquetry [syn: {parquet floor}]
     2: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the
        parquet circle