Parterre
PARTERRE, a term, taken from the French phrase par terre, i.e. on the surface of the ground, and used of an arrangement in a garden of beds of flowers with gravel or other paths and plots of grass; also of that part of the auditorium of a theatre which is occupied by the orchestra stalls.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
