stillion
(ˈstɪlɪən)
[? var. of stilling n.1]
1. A stand for a cask; a gantry. Also, a stand or frame on which pottery is placed in the drying kiln (Knight).
| 1803 Ann. Reg., Chron. 396/2 Mr. Madden..had water and beer butts thrown flat from the stillions. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 383 The casks are raised upon gawntrees or stillions. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2386 Stillion, a stand for casks. The rounds or cleansing vats of a brewery stand on stillions in a trough which conveys away the overflowing yeast. |
2. (See quot. 1836.)
| 1826 Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 6 The beer..not suffered to remain in small quantities in the stillions or other utensils. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 404/2 A trough or stillion to catch the yest. 1871 G. Scamell Breweries & Maltings xv. 74 The yeast finding its way the best way it can into the stillion beneath. |