stoss \ˈstäs\adjective Etymology: German stoss-, from stossen to push, thrust, from Old High German stōzan — more at stint : facing toward the direction from which an overriding glacier impinges < the stoss slope of a hill > < the stoss side of a knob of rock > < drumlins are … steeper and broader on the stoss end — O.D.Von Engeln > — opposed to lee