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Definition of piste - 3 dictionary results

piste

[peest]
–noun
1. a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
2. (in fencing) a regulation-size strip, usually 2 meters wide and 14 meters long, on which fencers compete.

Origin:
1720–30; < F: animal track < It pista, pesta, n. deriv. of pestare to pound, crush < VL, freq. of L (n)sere; cf. pestle
piste   (pēst)   
n.  
  1. A ski trail densely packed with snow.
  2. An unpaved trail or path, especially in mountainous terrain.

[French, from Italian pista, from obsolete pistare, to trample down, variant of pestare; see piston.]

Piste

Piste\, n. [F., fr. L. pisere, pinsere, pistum, to pound.] (Min.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over. --Johnson.
Language Translation for : piste
Spanish: punto,
German: der Punkt,
Japanese:
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