coil
noun
a connected series of spirals or rings that rope, wire, or the like has been formed into.
had coiled
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past perfectof coil.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"Housewives who had finished washing the dishes and sweeping up the kitchen for the last time that day, men who had coiled up the hose after giving the grass a soaking."
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012
It was the invisible garment that had coiled itself about him.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various
In a moment it had coiled and sprung its rattle.
From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Grace Brooks Hill
A nervous terror seized him, and, paralyzed by fright, he pointed out to Tonio the white leg of Aminta, around which a viper had coiled itself.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
It was as if a snake had coiled itself about her fingers.
From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by William Sage
