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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A ski trail densely packed with snow.
  2. n. An unpaved trail or path, especially in mountainous terrain.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. See pist.

Wiktionary

  1. n. skiing a downhill trail.
  2. n. fencing the field of play of a fencing match.
  3. n. archaic The track left by somebody riding a horse.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Min.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts
  2. n. a ski run densely packed with snow

Etymologies

  1. From French piste. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Italian pista, from obsolete pistare, to trample down, variant of pestare; see piston. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • defenestration Sir Paul said he was fond of the track, which was inspired by experimental composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen: "I like it because it's The Beatles free, going off piste." Nov 17, 2008

  • fbharjo a ski trail with densely packed snow Sep 29, 2008

  • chained_bear In fencing, how you feel after you lose a bout. Ha. Ha.

    No, seriously. In fencing, the specially marked-out playing area. Feb 6, 2007

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