piste

American  

[peest] / pist /

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.

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piste British  

/ piːst /

noun

1. a trail, slope, or course for skiing

2. a rectangular area for fencing bouts

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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; pestle

Example Sentences

"But over the piste, we've made a lot of progression, and that gives us a lot of optimism for the games in March."

From BBC

Hafez, who is from Cairo and was appearing at her third Olympics, said "pride fills my being" after taking to the piste while expecting.

From BBC

Sorry scenes of a thin white strip of artificial piste snaking down an otherwise brown or green mountain have prompted questions over whether the days of alpine skiing as we know it might be numbered.

From BBC

Was this an intentional shift away from what they did in the first three games or was it just the players going off piste?

From BBC

Kharlan then turned and left the piste and the Russian refused to leave for more than 50 minutes.

From Seattle Times