| Title: | Turf bank, slope |
| Original Title: | Talud |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 15 (1765), p. 871 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
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Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.428 |
| Citation (MLA): | "Turf bank, slope." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.428>. Trans. of "Talud," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 15. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Turf bank, slope." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.428 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Talud," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 15:871 (Paris, 1765). |
Turf bank, slope. A turf bank is frequently confused with a glacis, from which it differs only in that it is steeper. A glacis should on the contrary be gentle and scarcely perceptible.
Turf banks are turfed slopes which are used for supporting terraces, the sides of sunken parterres, or the levelling ropes of two parallel walks.
Large turf banks are generally one third taller than steep, but it suffices for small turf banks to be one half or two thirds taller, so that the top of the bank is not deprived of moisture, which always sinks to the bottom.
The slope is also regulated according to the soil condition: if the soil is heavy, six inches per foot will suffice; if it is loose, nine inches are required.
For the methods of levelling and turfing banks, see articles Turf and Wattling.
‘Talus’ is also used with reference to the pruning of fruit and wild trees, in which case it means to prune into a cabriole. See Cabriole.