talusn.¹

Brit.

/ˈteɪləs/, U.S.

/ˈteɪləs/

Forms: Also 1600s talu, talud.

Etymology: < French talus (16th cent.), in Dict. Acad. 1696 talut , Old French (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) talu slope < late popular Latin *tālūtum , derivative of tālus ankle (taken in sense of French talon heel): compare talus n.²

a. A slope; spec. in Fortification, the sloping side of a wall or earthwork, which gradually increases in thickness from above downwards.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > parts of or connected with

talus1645

superior slope1686

bonnet1688

brisure1706

genouillere1802

crémaillère1828

crest1830

plonge1853

plunge1859

apron1918

1645 N. Stone Enchiridion of Fortification 3 On the inward side they gave them [the walls] a Talud or slooping which increased them in thicknesse towards the bottom.

1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4081 The first Wall..being much broader below by reason of the Talu or slope.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Talus, or Talut, properly signifies any Thing that goes sloping, as the Talus of a Wall in Masonry... In Fortification, the Talus of a Bastion or Rampart, is the Slope allowed to such a Work whether it be of Earth or Stone.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxi. 88 To determine the depths..of the ditches,—the talus of the glacis, and the precise height of the..parapets.

1862 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables iii. vii The enemy's guns had opened a break from the parapet to the talus.

†b. The sloping side of a trench or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > a sloping object, surface, etc. > of side of a trench

talus1727

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch > edge of

dike1487

ditch1569

shore1602

talus1727

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden There must be one on the Brink of the Trench to spread the Dung upon the Talus.

a. Geology. A sloping mass of detritus lying at the base of a cliff or the like, and consisting of material which has fallen from its face; also, the slope or inclination of the surface of such a mass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus

shot-heuch1574

slide1664

scree1813

shot-brae1822

earthslide1829

talus1830

slip1838

rockslide1845

earthslip1859

landslip1872

spout1883

shingle-slip1900

slump1905

stone stripe1934

shingle slide1944

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. ii. xx. 266 It is only at a few points that the grassy covering of the sloping talus marks a temporary relaxation of the erosive action of the sea.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xvii. 343 Huge taluses of fallen drift.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 171 The talus of each portal, keeping close together northwards, makes a narrow, upright-sided trough from the cataract up to Pajodze.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xv. 275 The cemented fragments of a terrestrial talus or scree.

1881 C. Darwin Form. Veg. Mould 279 An old talus of chalk-fragments (thrown out of a quarry) which had become clothed with turf.

attributive and in other combinations.1867 H. Macmillan in Macmillan's Mag. No. 99. 256/2 Great talus-heaps of débris.1904 Daily Chron. 24 Mar. 3/1 There was no stratification as might be expected if it were a talus-formation.1906 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 4/2 The water getting into the talus rock, a mass of soft stuff without any regular drainage.

b. A descending slope of a mountain, etc., without reference to its mode of formation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > side

mountainsidea1425

face1632

talus1830

versant1851

adret1922

ubac1922

1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (ed. 2) 230 We found an extensive marl bank reposing on the inclined talus at the foot of the hill.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xv. 108 One of these bergs presented a long inclined talus, which was evidently part of an original slope, unaltered by after changes in equilibrium.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 169 A slide down an inclined plane, whose well-graded talus gave me ample time to contemplate the contingencies at its base.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi ii. 61 One point of view on the talus of mount Morumbwa.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 100 Beyond the second ridge a talus slopes gradually down northwards to the general level of the lunar surface.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

talusn.²

Brit.

/ˈteɪləs/, U.S.

/ˈteɪləs/

Forms: Plural tali.

Etymology: < Latin tālus ankle.

1. The ankle-bone or astragalus; also applied to an analogous part in birds and insects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > tarsal bone

talus1684

tarsal1881

mesopodial1890

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of

metatarsus1682

talus1684

tibia1826

tarsus1828

suffrago1842

tarso-metatarsal1851

tarso-metatarsus1854

boot1864

tibiotarsus1883

metatarse1894

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of foot > [noun]

navicular?a1425

metatarsus?c1425

heel bone1516

astragalus?1541

bonket1552

cube-bone1615

die-bone1634

os calcis1634

foot bone1658

tarsus1676

pterna1684

talus1684

navicular bone1696

astragal1728

calcaneum1728

cuboid bone1829

cuboid1836

metatarsal1837

metapodium1844

tarso-metatarsal1851

arch1858

intermedium1878

tarsal1881

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 277 Talus, see Astragalus.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Talus, (lat.) the Ancle or Huckle-Bone, otherwise call'd Astragalus; the Pastern of a Beast; also a Die to play with.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 385 Talus (the Ankle), the apex of the Tibia [of an insect], where it is united to the Tarsus.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 556 The capsule of the ankle-joint was loose and lax, the talus smooth and oblique.

2. Pathology. A variety of clubfoot in which the toes are drawn up, the heel resting on the ground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot

club-foota1552

baker feet1656

valgus1800

varus1800

inversion1825

talipes1842

pommel foot1857

inturn1860

talus1864

flat-foot1870

spurious valgus1872

flat-footedness1882

Friedreich('s) foot1940

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1887 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI.

3. A nodular concretion somewhat resembling an astragalus bone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion

stonec1000

felta1548

toph1598

gravel-stone1606

tophus1607

concretion1646

talusa1728

calculus1732

osteid1855

concrement1885

inolith1886

milkstone1892

a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 81 Of the Septa, or Partitions, that parcel out this Body into various Masses or Tali.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	talus
释义	talusn.¹ Brit. /ˈteɪləs/, U.S. /ˈteɪləs/ Forms: Also 1600s talu, talud. Etymology: < French talus (16th cent.), in Dict. Acad. 1696 talut , Old French (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) talu slope < late popular Latin tālūtum , derivative of tālus* ankle (taken in sense of French talon heel): compare talus n.² 1. a. A slope; spec. in Fortification, the sloping side of a wall or earthwork, which gradually increases in thickness from above downwards. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > parts of or connected with talus1645 superior slope1686 bonnet1688 brisure1706 genouillere1802 crémaillère1828 crest1830 plonge1853 plunge1859 apron1918 1645 N. Stone Enchiridion of Fortification 3 On the inward side they gave them [the walls] a Talud or slooping which increased them in thicknesse towards the bottom. 1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4081 The first Wall..being much broader below by reason of the Talu or slope. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Talus, or Talut, properly signifies any Thing that goes sloping, as the Talus of a Wall in Masonry... In Fortification, the Talus of a Bastion or Rampart, is the Slope allowed to such a Work whether it be of Earth or Stone. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxi. 88 To determine the depths..of the ditches,—the talus of the glacis, and the precise height of the..parapets. 1862 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables iii. vii The enemy's guns had opened a break from the parapet to the talus. †b. The sloping side of a trench or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > a sloping object, surface, etc. > of side of a trench talus1727 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch > edge of dike1487 ditch1569 shore1602 talus1727 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden There must be one on the Brink of the Trench to spread the Dung upon the Talus. 2. a. Geology. A sloping mass of detritus lying at the base of a cliff or the like, and consisting of material which has fallen from its face; also, the slope or inclination of the surface of such a mass. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus shot-heuch1574 slide1664 scree1813 shot-brae1822 earthslide1829 talus1830 slip1838 rockslide1845 earthslip1859 landslip1872 spout1883 shingle-slip1900 slump1905 stone stripe1934 shingle slide1944 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. ii. xx. 266 It is only at a few points that the grassy covering of the sloping talus marks a temporary relaxation of the erosive action of the sea. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xvii. 343 Huge taluses of fallen drift. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vii. 171 The talus of each portal, keeping close together northwards, makes a narrow, upright-sided trough from the cataract up to Pajodze. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xv. 275 The cemented fragments of a terrestrial talus or scree. 1881 C. Darwin Form. Veg. Mould 279 An old talus of chalk-fragments (thrown out of a quarry) which had become clothed with turf. attributive and in other combinations.1867 H. Macmillan in Macmillan's Mag. No. 99. 256/2 Great talus-heaps of débris.1904 Daily Chron. 24 Mar. 3/1 There was no stratification as might be expected if it were a talus-formation.1906 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 4/2 The water getting into the talus rock, a mass of soft stuff without any regular drainage. b. A descending slope of a mountain, etc., without reference to its mode of formation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > side mountainsidea1425 face1632 talus1830 versant1851 adret1922 ubac1922 1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (ed. 2) 230 We found an extensive marl bank reposing on the inclined talus at the foot of the hill. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xv. 108 One of these bergs presented a long inclined talus, which was evidently part of an original slope, unaltered by after changes in equilibrium. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 169 A slide down an inclined plane, whose well-graded talus gave me ample time to contemplate the contingencies at its base. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi ii. 61 One point of view on the talus of mount Morumbwa. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 100 Beyond the second ridge a talus slopes gradually down northwards to the general level of the lunar surface. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). talusn.² Brit. /ˈteɪləs/, U.S. /ˈteɪləs/ Forms: Plural tali. Etymology: < Latin tālus ankle. 1. The ankle-bone or astragalus; also applied to an analogous part in birds and insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > tarsal bone talus1684 tarsal1881 mesopodial1890 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of metatarsus1682 talus1684 tibia1826 tarsus1828 suffrago1842 tarso-metatarsal1851 tarso-metatarsus1854 boot1864 tibiotarsus1883 metatarse1894 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of foot > [noun] navicular?a1425 metatarsus?c1425 heel bone1516 astragalus?1541 bonket1552 cube-bone1615 die-bone1634 os calcis1634 foot bone1658 tarsus1676 pterna1684 talus1684 navicular bone1696 astragal1728 calcaneum1728 cuboid bone1829 cuboid1836 metatarsal1837 metapodium1844 tarso-metatarsal1851 arch1858 intermedium1878 tarsal1881 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 277 Talus, see Astragalus. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Talus, (lat.) the Ancle or Huckle-Bone, otherwise call'd Astragalus; the Pastern of a Beast; also a Die to play with. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 385 Talus (the Ankle), the apex of the Tibia [of an insect], where it is united to the Tarsus. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 556 The capsule of the ankle-joint was loose and lax, the talus smooth and oblique. 2. Pathology. A variety of clubfoot in which the toes are drawn up, the heel resting on the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot club-foota1552 baker feet1656 valgus1800 varus1800 inversion1825 talipes1842 pommel foot1857 inturn1860 talus1864 flat-foot1870 spurious valgus1872 flat-footedness1882 Friedreich('s) foot1940 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1887 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. 3. A nodular concretion somewhat resembling an astragalus bone. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion stonec1000 felta1548 toph1598 gravel-stone1606 tophus1607 concretion1646 talusa1728 calculus1732 osteid1855 concrement1885 inolith1886 milkstone1892 a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 81 Of the Septa, or Partitions, that parcel out this Body into various Masses or Tali. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1645n.²1684
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