parterre

noun

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.”

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.

   “That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.”

4. A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
5. (British)A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
6. (broadly)That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.
7. (New-York, US)An apartment balcony.