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Definition of Coiled
1. Adjective. Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals). "The rope lay coiled on the deck"
Antonyms: Uncoiled
Definition of Coiled
1. Verb. (past of coil) ¹
2. Adjective. In the form of coils; having coils. ¹
3. Adjective. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coiled
1. coil [v] - See also: coil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coiled
Literary usage of Coiled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Histology by Alexander A. Böhm, M. von Davidoff (1904)
"A, B, Two views of a model of the coiled portion of a sweat-gland from the plantar
region of a man, reconstructed by Born's wax-plate method ; X Io° ..."
2. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"definition of coiled basketry reads as follows: " [It] is produced by an
over-and-over sewing with some kind of flexible material, each stitch interlocking ..."
3. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1903)
"I will now present the examples, which for the sake of uniformity are in all
cases of the coiled ware. If a basket is made with no other idea than that of ..."
4. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"coiled BASKETRY. There is only one example of coiled basketry in the collection.
This is the basket belonging to a stone top collected at Mer (pi. ..."
5. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"BASKETRY coiled Basketry. The Basket-maker culture was so named by the Wetherill
brothers ... All the specimens recovered were of the coiled variety, ..."
6. Mathematical and Physical Papers: Collected from Different Scientific by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Sir Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule (1884)
"REMARKS ON THE DISCHARGE OF A coiled ELECTRIC CABLE. [From the British Association
Report. Part 11. 1859.] MR JENKIN had communicated to the author during ..."
7. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"Galvanized coiled spring-steel wire. coiled or wavy wire is employed in making
fences in ... It is so coiled that it will retain its springiness against all ..."
8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"Remarks on the Discharge of a coiled Electric Cable. By Professor W. THOMSON,
LL.D., FRS Mr. Jenkin had communicated to the author during last February, ..."
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