Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ski trail with an artificially prepared surface of packed snow.
- noun An unpaved road or beaten track.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun skiing a
downhill trail . - noun fencing the
field of play of a fencing match. - noun archaic The track left by somebody riding a
horse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts
- noun a ski run densely packed with snow
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As you would hope, though, going off piste is rewarded by treasure and money.
Fable 3 | review Greg Howson 2010
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At the top of the piste is a sign which reads "tres difficile".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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At the top of the piste is a sign which reads "tres difficile".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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But there's also direct access from the village to over 250km of piste, meaning parents can ski to their hearts 'content and still be back to meet the kids at lunchtime.
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But there's also direct access from the village to over 250km of piste, meaning parents can ski to their hearts 'content and still be back to meet the kids at lunchtime.
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Skiers enjoy a 'piste' of the high life Winter holiday boost for Glasgow Airport
TravelDailyNews.com 2009
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"It's not my kind of piste but the good thing is that even if you make a mistake, you can still recover, knowing that nobody will have a perfect run", he added after posting his 15th World Cup win and capturing the lead in the super-G World Cup standings.
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The prospect of Peter Alliss straying off piste is increasingly welcome in the post Ross-Brand sanitised BBC.
Peter Alliss: the pork pie of golf commentators | Martin Kelner 2011
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Just the prospect of Alliss straying off piste is increasingly welcome in the post Ross-Brand sanitised BBC.
Peter Alliss: the pork pie of golf commentators | Martin Kelner 2011
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Many of the Andorran slopes are treeless, but Grau Roig has some nice runs where you can go off-piste among sparse woods.
chained_bear commented on the word piste
In fencing, how you feel after you lose a bout. Ha. Ha.
No, seriously. In fencing, the specially marked-out playing area.
February 6, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word piste
a ski trail with densely packed snow
September 29, 2008
defenestration commented on the word piste
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."
November 17, 2008