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orchestre, -ter
(ˈɔːkɪstə(r), formerly ɔːˈkɛstə(r))
[a. F. orchestre (1547 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. L. orchestra: see above.]
= orchestra.
1623Cockeram, Orchester, a Scaffold. 1658Phillips, Orchester, that part of the Scene in a Theater, where the Chorus useth to dance; it is also sometimes taken for the place where the Musicians sit. 1740Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 230 The flat ceiling that is now over the orchestre was then a semi-oval arch. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 183/2 As Pericles, a whole orchestre [he] bears. 1857Chamb. Jrnl. VIII. 48 Whose golden blossoms waved above my head—A fragrant orchester, where hymns were said..By myriad bees. |