Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
uncoiled
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
helicoid
tortile
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.
