stillingEtymologyCompare Low German Stelling, German stellen (“to set, to place”).stilling means the act by which something is made still. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.nounThe 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.”A stillion.