Vista \Vis"ta\, n.; pl. {Vistas}. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere,
p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See
{View}, {Vision}.]
A view; especially, a view through or between intervening
objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or
the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the
avenue.

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.

The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his
window. --Sir W.
Scott.