What is the meaning of coiled?

verb

• To wind or move in a spiral course.
  • usage: "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
  • synonyms: gyrate, spiral, coil
• Make without a potter's wheel.
  • usage: "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
  • synonyms: handbuild, hand-build, coil
• Wind around something in coils or loops.
  • synonyms: coil, loop, curl

adjective

• Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals. )
  • usage: "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"