Vis'tă, n.

n.; pl. Vis'Tās. [It., sight, view, from vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, from Lat. videre, visum, id.; Pr., Sp., & Pg. also vista.] A view, especially a distant view, through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other things that form the avenue. “The shattered tower which now formed a vista from his window.” W. Scott. The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. Thomson. In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Burke.