Palaestra

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palaestra \Pa*l[ae]s"tra\, n.
     See {Palestra}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Palestra \Pa*les"tra\, n.; pl. L. {Palestr[ae]}, E. {Palestras}.
     [NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle.] [Written
     also {pal[ae]stra}.] (Antiq.)
     (a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for
         athletic exercise in general.
     (b) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
         [1913 Webster] Palestric
         Palestrian

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palaestra
       n : a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the
           training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: {palestra}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "palaestra":
     Rugby, acrobatics, agonistics, agora, amphitheater, arena,
     association football, athletic field, athletics, auditorium,
     background, bathing, bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring,
     campus, canvas, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course,
     fencing school, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium,
     gymnastics, hall, hippodrome, lists, locale, marketplace, mat,
     milieu, natation, open forum, parade ground, pit, place, platform,
     precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, ring, rugger,
     scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, site, soccer, sphere,
     sports, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting,
     swimming, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, track,
     track and field, tumbling, walk, wrestling ring,
     wrestling school