PARTERRE

Par‐terre″ (?), n. [[F., fr. par on, by (L. per) + terre earth, ground, L. terra. See Terrace.]] 1. 1. (Hort.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.
2. 2. The pit of a theater; the parquet.