coil
When used as a noun, 'coil' usually refers to the object itself (like a coil of wire) or the shape it makes. As a verb, it can be something you do to an object (transitive), such as coiling a rope, or something a creature does with its own body (intransitive), like a snake coiling up.
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The shipping crate just arrived and it's a total mess. There's a massive coil of cable blocking the bay.
Just pivot on that for now. We'll circle back and move it later.
Meanings
A length of something wound in a spiral or concentric circles.
"The gardener bought a coil of heavy-duty rope."
To wind something into a coil shape.
"She helped him coil the hose after watering the garden."
To move or wind oneself into a spiral shape, often in preparation for an attack.
"The snake began to coil itself tightly around the branch."