What do fesh-fesh, parc-fermé, and off-piste mean? Here are three new Dakar Rally terms to get familiar with. The parc-fermé, which is French for “closed park,” means a safe zone where riders, mechanics or co-drivers can’t work on their vehicles before the next day. Fesh-fesh refers to a specific and tricky type of terrain: it’s a type of dust or dune that looks like solid ground but behaves like mud. Finally, off-piste occurs when you’re driving away from the actual racing road—like in the desert, for example.