[ noun ] a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes <noun.artifact>
Palaestra \Pa*l[ae]s"tra\, n. See {Palestra}.
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.