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piste::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of piste
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If you are feeling even more intrepid, have a go on the mini ski piste close by.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
It is home to the longest black piste in Europe, the Sarenne run from Pic Blanc.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
There is a huge amount of off-piste terrain, including lots next to the pistes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The local piste map exists in several variations, which reporters find confusing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The piste patrollers are there to take decesions for you concerning your safty.
From the independent.co.uk
To get away from the masses and sample some of the finest in off-piste terrain.
From the metro.co.uk
I was riding down the slope trying to catch some powder on the edge of the piste.
From the metro.co.uk
I have been doing this for about 30 years and we ski off piste seven days a week.
From the guardian.co.uk
Many off-piste skiers now carry radio beacons to help locate them in an accident.
From the newscientist.com
- A flat rectangular area for fencing bouts
- A ski run densely packed with snow
- 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.
- In modern fencing, the piste or strip is the playing area. Regulations require 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. ...
- A downhill trail; the field of play of a fencing match
- French term for the fencing strip.
- Another name for the ski hill on which a race course is set. It's typically used by Europeans.
- Ski run which is marked on the mountain (usually by poles in the snow)
- How to end a tournament. Or start it, in some cases
