Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of coil
plural coilings
- The pattern or motion of something that coils.
Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"
1854, Herman Melville, The Encantadas - The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivein the shape of a coil
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with coiling
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coiling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coiling
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