0 a flat area in a garden, with a formal arrangement of plants or flowers:
1 the area of seats in a theatre that is on the lower level, usually at the back and sides, below the balcony (= an area of seats at an upper level):
The first groves and parterres were planted before work began on the palace.
The central structural feature of the parterre is a St Andrew's cross.
The terrace parterre is to be restored to match its appearance before the First World War.
Not at all - the parterre said not a word and did not applaud.
To either side, walls with busts on herm pedestals backed by young trees screen the parterre from the flanking garden spaces.
