piste
Americannoun
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a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
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(in fencing) a regulation-size strip, usually 2 meters wide and 14 meters long, on which fencers compete.
noun
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a trail, slope, or course for skiing
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a rectangular area for fencing bouts
Etymology
Origin of piste
1720–30; < French: animal track < Italian pista, pesta, noun derivative of pestare to pound, crush < Vulgar Latin, frequentative of Latin pī ( n ) sere; cf. pestle
Example Sentences
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Joseph Dieu Faite, 56, a blind leader of the displaced residents of La Piste looks toward the horizon with eyes wide open, as if he were seeing a monster.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021
She shares a cramped school with 315 families from La Piste, living in despair.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021
Piste z�ro six, vent z�ro sept z�ro � cinq, l'heure z�ro deux cinq cinq, altim�tre deux neuf neuf quatre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles has been raised in the challenging reef breaks of his Caribbean island home yet showed remarkable familiarity in the tricky beach break of La Piste.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was particularly interested in a machine that had just risen from the "Grande Piste."
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
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