Talus
WordNet
noun
(1) The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
(2) A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing,
- By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.
- 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing,
- (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.