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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 pī(n)sere; cf. pestle
1720–30; < F: animal track < It pista, pesta, n. deriv. of pestare to pound, crush < VL, freq. of L pī(n)sere; cf. pestle
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| piste (pēst) n.
[French, from Italian pista, from obsolete pistare, to trample down, variant of pestare; see piston.] |
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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.
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