Definitions of talus

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

3. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

4. The astragalus, or that bone of the foot which is articulated to the leg; a slope or the inclination of any work; the alope of a work, as a bastion, rampart, or parapet; a sloping heap of broken rocks and atonea at the foot of a cliff.

5. In anat., the ankle- bone; in arch. or fort., the sloping part of a work; a slope; in geol., a sloping heap of fragments at the bottom of a rocky declivity, derived from its weathered and wasted surface.

6. The ankle - bone or astragalus.