Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

parterie \par"ter*ie\, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L.
   spartum, Gr. ?.]
   Articles made of the blades or fiber of the {Lygeum Spartum}
   and {Stipa (or Macrochloa) tenacissima}, kinds of grass used
   in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets,
   nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.