D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Loess

/(lẽe)/ · IPA /ˈloʊ.əs/
01 n. A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
  1. 1.
    A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.(Geol.)