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• n  the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
• n  a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

• anklebone
• astragalus
• talus
• beading
• bead
• beadwork

News & Articles

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• Book recommendations from Moe's Books
  Book recommendations from Moe's Books Recommendations of new books from the staffs of a rotating list of Bay Area independent bookstores. Astragal,by Albertine Sarrazin: A reissue of the 1967 sensation, this novel by the French Algerian writer begins with a woman breaking a bone in her ankle, called an astragal, as she jumps a prison wall. The best novel of the year, with equal parts dry humor ...
  June 8, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle