1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TALUS (Lat. for the " ankle-bone "), in architecture, the slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top, to resist the pressure of the earth behind it.
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