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re-coil

[ ree-koil ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to coil again.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of re-coil1

First recorded in 1860–65; re- + coil 1
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Example Sentences

“I wouldn’t try to run that next fall for all the whisky ever lost in the old Columbia,” he said decisively, beginning to re-coil his long line.

It was while Wade held the line, waiting for the men to re-coil the hawser into safe condition to run, that the Honorable Pulaski Britt appeared.

To be on the safe side, he at once secured the end of this second line to a bar of the grating, in case it should slip through his fingers, and handed the silken line to Harry, asking him to re-coil it for use again should it be required.

Van began immediately to release and re-coil the rope.

Re-coil', to start back, to shrink from.

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