coiling

Verb

coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)

1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
   • A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.

   Synonyms:

   spire

2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
   • The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
3. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
   • to coil a rope when not in use
4. To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
5. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
   • a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
     Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare

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