A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound
When a bell is being rung up or rung down, the ringer has a lot of extra rope to handle; to stop it flapping around, it is coiled up While ringing up, the ringer lets the coils out as needed, and while ringing down, takes in more coils
A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops. Tod shook his head angrily and slung the coil of rope over his shoulder The steel arrives at the factory in coils
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit tubing that is wound in a spiral a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles wind around something in coils or loops
If you coil something, you wind it into a series of loops or into the shape of a ring. If it coils around something, it forms loops or a ring. He turned off the water and began to coil the hose A huge rattlesnake lay coiled on the blanket. Coil up means the same as coil. Once we have the wire, we can coil it up into the shape of a spring Her hair was coiled up on top of her head. A disturbance; a fuss. to wind or twist into a series of rings, or to make something do this (coillir, %cuillir% )
Normally a bobbin wound with fine wire, with pole pieces It is the movement of the string within the field of this coil that creates the sound we hear
The coil is a contraceptive device used by women. It is fitted inside a woman's womb, usually for several months or years
Wire wrapped around the base of a speaker cone or diaphragm When an electrical current is passed through the coil a movement is caused due to a magnet also attached to the cone This movement is what makes the noise Submitted by Karl Kuenning RFL from Roadie Net
Common name for any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD)-the first IUDs were coil-shaped
To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing