coiling

This motion consists almost wholly in apparently purposeless lashing and coiling movements, and continues for many hours.

He dreamt of a serpent coiling around his throat, and when he strove to grasp it the slimy thing glided away from his clutch.

The finished product is delivered to a belt-driven coiling reel on which it is wound.

"That will come in useful," Garcia said, coiling it up on his arm.

Before the year was out, Schweigger, of Halle, multiplied the influence of the current on the needle by coiling the wire about it.