Piste
[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.
/piːst/
noun
1.
a trail, slope, or course for skiing
2.
a rectangular area for fencing bouts
n.
also pist, 1727, from French piste, from Latin pista (via) “beaten (track),” from pistus, past participle of pinsere “to pound, stamp” (see pestle).
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