parterre

noun7

1. •
   A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.

   • The window opened towards a most lovely garden, whose smooth turf and gorgeous parterres swept down to the river. — 1837
2. •
   A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
3. •
   A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
4. •
   The part of the ground-floor section nearest the orchestra and the stage; the stalls.
5. •
   (UK) The part of the ground-floor section behind the stalls and underneath the galleries; the pit.
6. •
   That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.
7. •
   (US) An apartment balcony.