n. A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.
n. An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. See palestra.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See palestra.
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n. a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
Word Usage
"We laid out a third trench 3 m east of the second trench in order to further investigate the large central room of the northern series as well as to uncover its southern wall and part of the large central courtyard (tentatively identified as the palaestra of the complex)."