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parterre
parterre.
1. Flat terrace near a house laid out with flower-beds or decorative planting in a regular formation to be read from above. Types include:parterre à l'anglaise: plat or turfed lawn with a design cut into it; It can also be a large area of grass sparingly cut into to form patterns, sur rounded by a path on the other side of which is a border of flowers;parterre de broderie: embroidered parterre with the patterns formed of trimmed box planting bordering beds of coloured earth, occasionally with bands of turf;parterre d'eau symmetrical arrangement of pools, surrounded by paths, with statuary and fountains; parterre de compartiment: embroidered parterre symmetrical about two axes. 2. Orchestra-stalls of a theatre (see parquet (2)). Bibliography Goulty (1991); |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "parterre." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "parterre." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-parterre.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "parterre." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-parterre.html |
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parterre level space in a garden with ornamental flower-beds. XVII. — F., sb. use of phr. par terre on or along the ground.
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T. F. HOAD. "parterre." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "parterre." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-parterre.html T. F. HOAD. "parterre." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-parterre.html |
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"parterre." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "parterre." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-parterre.html "parterre." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-parterre.html |
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