Boatswain of the Royal Navy, c. 1820. The word boatswain has been in the English language since approximately 1450. It is derived from late Old English batswegen, from bat (boat) concatenated with Old Norse sveinn (swain), meaning a young man, apprentice, a follower, retainer or servant.
The talus bone (/ËteÉªlÉs/ ; Latin for ankle), astragalus /ÉËstraeÉ¡ÉlÉs/ , ÉËstrÃ¦É¡ÉlÉs or ankle bone is one of the group of foot bones known as the. Tarsus the tarsus forms the lower part of the ankle joint through its articulations with the lateral and medial malleoli of the two bones of the lower, leg the tibia and. fibula
noun (plural tali ËteÉªlÊÉª). The large bone in the ankle, which articulates with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneus and navicular bone of the foot. Also called astragalus. Example sentences. 1  The ankle joint is formed by the articulation of the talus with the tibia and fibula.2  In this series of operations, we used suture anchor devices to fix the free ends of the split patellar tendon to the talus and the calcaneus.lso called astragalus. Example sentences. 1  The ankle joint is formed by the articulation of the talus with the tibia and fibula. 2  In this series of operations, we used suture anchor devices to fix the free ends of the split patellar tendon to the talus and the calcaneus.