LekhoriLekhoriSomething wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
the sinuous coils of a snake
A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]
A wad of cash.
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.
A surname.
From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- ...
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To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
to coil a rope when not in use