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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)