parquet

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.

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.

To lay or fit such a floor.