Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The side (of a hill, etc.) that receives (or has received) the thrust of a glacier, or other impulse.
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Material on the gently sloping stoss-side of these features rolls and jumps up the slope under the influence of water flow.
Fluvial landforms 2008
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