Coiling
/ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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!""
- 2 The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of coil form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 in the shape of a coil wordnet
Example
More examples"They hurried to the hayfield below the barn where Matthew was coiling hay."