Stilling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is made still.
"Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism."
- 2 A stillion. UK, dialectal, obsolete
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of still form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism."
Etymology
Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (“to set, to place”).