Talus - What does it mean?
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(anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
(geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
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(architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
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(es)- By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.
References
* William Duane,A Military Dictionary, p. 179. *