Pronunciation: ' stäs, ' sto ̇ s, ' st ō s, ' sht ō s
Function: adjective
Etymology: German stoss-, from stossen to push, from Old High German st ō zen; akin to Gothic stautan to strike ― more at CONTUSION
Date: 1878
: facing toward the direction from which an overriding glacier impinges <the stoss slope of a hill>