[puh-les-truh] 
[-tree] . Greek Antiquity. | a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics. |
| pa·les·tra also pa·laes·tra (pə-lěs'trə) n. pl. pa·les·trae also pa·laes·trae (-trē) or pa·les·tras also pa·laes·tras A public place in ancient Greece for training and practice in wrestling and other athletics. [Middle English palestre, from Old French, from Latin palaestra, from Greek palaistra, from palaiein, to wrestle.] pa·les'tral, pa·les'tri·an adj. |