\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.