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A patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor
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parquetry
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parquetry \Par"quet*ry\, n. [F. parqueterie, fr. parquet inlaid flooring, fr. parquet, dim. of parc an inclosure. See Park .] A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used ...
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n. a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor [syn: parqueterie ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Parquet is a geometric mosaic of wood pieces used for decorative effect. The two main uses of parquetry are as wood veneer patterns on furniture and block patterns for flooring . Parquet patterns are entirely geometrical and angular— squares , triangles ...
Usage examples of parquetry.
I am led across swirling parquetry, down ulterior corridors, past hidden visions smocked in light.
Her bare feet noiseless on carpet, parquetry, stone, and earth, she led Hadden to the door, out into the trees, and the chill of the evening and the rain appeared not to touch her.
Beyond, down the hall and deeper in, were dark wood paneling, precise parquetry, and carpets thick as meadow grass.
The apartment has a parquetry floor, pale walls and a new kitchen at one end of this room.
Light-boxes glowed on the pair of claw-footed parquetry tables in the dim sitting room, low candlelight shining through the tiny pinpricks in the perforated tin housings.
By the dim glow of the light-box shining atop the parquetry table next to the door, her brief glance swept the opulent suite, taking in the lustrous silk-hung panels, the heavy blue velvet draperies, and the rich Persian carpet underfoot.
Revealing a large rearwise-of-parlor room with a Persian rug an inch thick, the visible part of the protruding floor being elegant, intricate parquetry work.
He felt afraid to step onto the exquisite parquetry of the wooden floor.
Meek and mild, humble and stupid, she reminded herself and kept her gaze fixed firmly on the polished parquetry in front of her toes.
She heard the whisper of his house slippers on the parquetry but forced herself to a measure of calm.
He spun around and fell heavily on his side, then flopped to his back on the parquetry, his genitalia ludicrously exposed.
Bram had the distinct feeling that the solid parquetry of Nar, which was all that could be seen in any direction, would not have noticed even the most pelting of spring rains in the intensity of their preoccupation.
She was descending into a region crisscrossed by shallow ridges, a parquetry of planes and pits in the ice.
It glowed on the parquetry floors, worn furniture, and her old doll collection on the table, which she kept in memory of her mother, who had given her the beloved toys.
An amber splotch, that was all, trickling to the parquetry floor, puddling as though a dog had urinated in the corner.