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A piste is the name given to a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. The term is most often used in Europe; in North America, a piste would more often be referred to as a trail, a slope, or a groomed run. Piste is French for trail or track.
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 ...
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 ...
In modern fencing, the piste or strip is the playing area. Regulations requires the piste to be 14 meters long and between 1.8 and 2 meters wide; the last two meters on each end are hash-marked, so as to warn a fencer before he/she backs off the end of the strip. There is also a 1.5 meter runoff to allow fencers who flèche.
piste (p st) n. A ski trail densely packed with snow. [French, from Italian pista, from obsolete pistare, to trample down, variant of pestare; see piston.
Welcome to Piste To Powder off piste ski guides St.Anton Austria - specialists in off piste skiing & instructional courses in St.Anton and back country ski touring to Lyngen Lodge ...
fencing) the field of play of a fencing match
Converse of object. groom: However there is some great cruising to be had on well groomed pistes. overlook: Sunny balcony overlooking the piste ( no roads or cars! ski:
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