[stohs; Ger. shtohs] 
| Geology. noting or pertaining to the side, as of a hill or dale, that receives or has received the thrust of a glacier or other impulse. |
[shtohs] | Veit [fahyt] , c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter. |
| stoss (stŏs, stôs, shtōs) adj. Facing the direction from which a glacier moves. Used of a rock or slope in its path. [From German Stoss-, push, blow (as in Stossseite, stoss side), from stossen, to push, from Middle High German stōzen, from Old High German stōzan.] |