The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up;
involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound]
[WordNet 1.5]