transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstäs, ˈstȯs, ˈstōs, ˈshtōs ]
adjective
Etymology: German stoss-, from stossen to push, from Old High German stōzen; 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