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Meaning of Coiling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɔɪlɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The pattern or motion of something that coils.
  2. The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.

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Examples

“Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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