n. In anat: The ankle or ankle-joint: as, os tali, the bone of the ankle.n. The ankle-bone or huckle-bone; the astragalus.n. In ornithology, same as calcaneum, 2.n. That variety of clubfoot in which the heel rests on the ground and the toes are drawn up; talipes calcaneus.n. In entomology, the apex or distal end of the tibia, articulated with the tarsus.n. In architecture, the slope or inclination of any work, as of a wall inclined on its face, either by decreasing its thickness toward the summit or by leaning it against a bank.n. In fort, the slope of a work, as a bastion, rampart, or parapet.n. The mass of rocky fragments which lies at the base of a cliff or precipitous rock, and which has been formed by the accumulation of pieces brought down from above by the action of gravity, rain, frost, etc.; scree; debris; wash. See these words.