noun
A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
(historical) In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
(historical) In some European bourses or stock exchanges, 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.
verb
(transitive) To lay or fit such a floor.