单词 | piste |
释义 | † pisten.1 Obsolete. rare. More fully piste Indik. = spikenard n. 1. Cf. pistic nard n. at pistic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for roseeOE nardusOE nardOE lavendera1300 spikenardc1350 piste?1440 orris root1598 bainilla1678 amberseed1728 vanilla1728 ambrette1745 vanell1790 tonka bean1796 scent bean1822 muguet1830 lemon-grass1837 vanillea1845 sweet pea1890 snuff-bean1898 oak moss1921 tea olive1952 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 411 (MED) Fyn mirre an vnce, and of the pisce indyk [c1450 Bodl. piste Indik; L. spicae Indicae] But half an vnce..Bete al this smal. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xii. 72 It is good to eat..pistay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). pisten.2 1. A trail or track beaten by a horse, mule, etc.; the track of a racecourse or training ground. In later use also more generally: any track or trail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun] feutea1375 treadc1400 fewea1425 racka1467 train1568 foiling1575 slot1575 trail1590 fuse1611 piste1696 spoor1823 sign1851 slotting1909 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > course or track coursec1320 race1612 piste1696 route1771 track1836 path1883 athletics track1952 parcours1971 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal sleuthc1175 footstepa1300 feutea1375 treadc1400 fewea1425 foil1575 trail1590 carriage1600 sign1692 piste1696 spoor1823 worm-track1859 met1914 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof > print of > track piste1696 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > riding school > track in piste1882 1696 W. Hope Suppl. Horsemanship xxiv. 40 in tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal Trot him upon large Circles of one Piste or Tread, and Stop him often with pretty hard Stops. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Piste, in the Manage, the Track, or Tread, which a Horse makes upon the Ground he goes over; and which may be either single, or double. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. III Pist, Piste,..the track or footprint of a horseman on the ground he goes over. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xxviii She looks as racing mares do when they come in off the trotting piste. 1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary II. x. 172 Borzo's car..had no springs and when it was a bad piste the passenger was flung up to the ceiling. 1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 24 The serious part—stables, ‘pistes’, exercise courts and yards. 2002 E. L. Bimberg Tricolor over Sahara ii. 20 Camel mounted soldiers who also served as escorts for the civilian caravans that regularly transported goods along the desert pistes. 2. Fencing. A specially marked-out rectangular playing area. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > fencing place ruffian's hall1592 fencing-hall1601 salle d'armes1885 piste1906 salle1961 1906 Times 21 May 11/4 Fencers who invariably fight indoors are apt to misjudge distances when the ‘piste’ is of the authorized length. 1963 Fencing (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 4) 24 The area within which fencers may move is restricted. This area is called the ‘Piste’. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword Prologue p. xv We had two judges watching us, one on either side of the piste. 3. Chiefly Skiing. A marked slope or trail of compacted snow, used as a ski run or toboggan-run. Cf. off-piste n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > ski slope or run piste1917 nursery slope1924 ski run1924 ski slope1934 schuss1937 fall line1938 bunny slope1954 run1956 black diamond1969 traverse1969 slope1972 ski ramp1973 dry slope1974 motorway1979 off-piste1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > tobogganing > [noun] > slope or run coast1775 bob1856 toboggan1878 toboggan slide1878 run1879 chute1884 ice run1900 piste1917 1917 tr. B. Valloton Potterat & War i. 26 Full speed down the piste came a luge, and crashed into him. 1929 E. Hemingway Farewell to Arms xxxvii. 299 Tobogganing..requires a special piste. You could not toboggan into the streets of Montreux. 1939 W. Prager Skiing 80 Thus he has an opportunity to construct the Piste. 1950 Times 13 Feb. 7/5 Most other races, including world championships, are only a test of piste skiing, a debased and impoverished variant of the real thing. 1972 N. Freeling Long Silence ii. 111 Woodcutters' paths..make good natural pistes for Nordic ski. 2001 Ski Feb. 88/1 I spent a week skiing Switzerland, on St. Moritz's extraordinary open pistes of Corviglia and Corvatsch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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