Chiefly Skiing. A marked slope or trail of compacted snow, used as a ski run or toboggan-run. Cf. off-piste, n.

a gentle slope considered most suitable for beginners; also in extended use.

(a) a spell of travelling on skis; (b) a skiing piste.

A straight, downhill run; the slope on which such a run is executed. Also transferred and attributive.

Skiing. The line down a slope which is most directly downhill.

a gentle slope considered suitable for beginners; = nursery slope n. at nursery, n. adj.compounds 3.

A sloping course or track used for skiing, tobogganing, bobsleighing, etc.

North American. A symbol denoting a ski run suitable only for advanced users; a ski run of this type. Frequently attributive. Cf. black, adj. 2g.

Skiing. An act of skiing across a slope; esp. a diagonal run made as part of a zigzag course of descent in which several such runs are made in…

A stretch of rising or falling ground; a portion of the earth's surface marked by a gradual ascent or descent, whether natural or artificial. spec.…

a ramp constructed for skiing practice; also transferred.

an artificial ski slope used esp. for training or out-of-season practice.

Skiing. An easy piste.

(a) A skiing area away from prepared ski runs. (b) Off-piste skiing.