Coiled Definition

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of coil.

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adjective

In the form of coils; having coils.

A coiled serpent.
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Prepared and poised to act, as a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.

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Coiled Sentence Examples

  • The drum, when round ropes are used, is a plain broad cylinder, with flanged rims, and cased with soft wood packing, upon which the rope is coiled; the breadth is made sufficient to take the whole length of the rope at two laps.

  • Shell not coiled, symmetrical; pallial cavity ventral.

  • The tightly coiled spring was released, the clock began to whirr and the chimes to play.

  • He tried to block that day from his mind as he played out the coiled rope from over his shoulder and moved backwards down the slope.

  • Should these tests prove satisfactory the core is served with jute yarn, coiled in water-tight tanks, and surrounded with salt water.

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CCOCOI

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Words Starting With C and Ending With D

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