off-piste

[ awf-peest, of ]

adverb

1. on an unprepared, trackless area away from regular ski runs:

   off-piste skiing.

off-piste

adjective

1. of or relating to skiing on virgin snow off the regular runs

Word History and Origins

Origin of off-piste¹

First recorded in 1955–60; off ( def ) + piste ( def )

Example Sentences

Instead of pushing the Russian leader - indicted as a suspected war criminal - on his full-scale invasion of Ukraine and challenging his false assertions, Carlson swerved off-piste to talk God and the Russian soul.

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I learned to ski when I was 18 months old, and I first skied the Vallee Blanche - an off-piste run on glaciers next to Mont Blanc - when I was 10.

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An off-piste skier hoping to carve on every peak in Wales has bagged one of the country's rarest slopes.

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There are no ski resorts, so it is strictly an off-piste endeavour and not, according to Chris, for the "faint-hearted".

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Kate and Archie Vokes were killed when an avalanche swept through an off-piste area near the French ski resort of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains on Thursday.

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