noun the shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
2. talon ·noun the claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
3. talon ·noun one of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
4. talon ·noun a kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top;
usually called an ogee.