Talus

[teilәs]

(noun.) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff.

Checker: Nanette--From WordNet

(n.) The astragalus.

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

(n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

(n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Checked by Freda

n. the ankle-bone: (arch.) a slope: (fort.) the sloping part of a work: (geol.) a sloping heap of fragments at the foot of a steep rock.

Editor: Patrick