talus

In anat: The ankle or ankle-joint: as, os tali, the bone of the ankle.

The ankle-bone or huckle-bone; the astragalus.

In ornithology, same as calcaneum, 2.

That variety of clubfoot in which the heel rests on the ground and the toes are drawn up; talipes calcaneus.

In entomology, the apex or distal end of the tibia, articulated with the tarsus.

In architecture, the slope or inclination of any work, as of a wall inclined on its face, either by decreasing its thickness toward the summit or by leaning it against a bank.

In fort, the slope of a work, as a bastion, rampart, or parapet.

The mass of rocky fragments which lies at the base of a cliff or precipitous rock, and which has been formed by the accumulation of pieces brought down from above by the action of gravity, rain, frost, etc.; scree; debris; wash. See these words.

The astragalus.

A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.