Talus

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Parapet or embankment slope. Slope of side of an excavation.—Talus de déblai. Slope of an excavation.—Talus de remblai. Slope of a raised bank.—Talus intérieur. Interior slope of a parapet.—Aller en talus. To slope off, to batter.—A talus coulant. Standing at the natural slope (of earth bank). [p.564]