1. wound in a series of loops or spirals

1. past tense and past participle of coil; wound into loops or spirals

Examples

• The snake lay coiled in the grass.
• She coiled the rope neatly on the deck.
• The garden hose was coiled in the corner.
• He coiled the wire around the post.
• The spring was tightly coiled inside the mechanism.
• The cat coiled itself into a ball on the cushion.