coiling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/

Verb

coiling

1. present participle and gerund of coil

Noun

coiling (plural coilings)

1. The pattern or motion of something that coils.
   • 1854, Herman Melville, The Encantadas:

     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.