Coil, v. i. To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
You can see his flery serpents . . .
Coiting, playing in the water.
Longfellow.
Coil, n. 1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree.
W. Irving.