parpoint

[Cf. French parpaing =perpend (q. v.). (See compound.) parpoint-work, s. Masonry: Squared stones laid in stretcher-course and with header-courses at intervals of, say, three feet. par-quet (quask), s . [Fr.] [PARQUETRY.] 1. That part of a floor of a theater or music-hall between the orchestra and dre -circle. 2. The same as PARQUETRY (q. v.).