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coil

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.

coil (v): to wind around something in coils or loops.
Synonyms: coil, coiled, loop, looped, curl, curled
coiling (adj): in the shape of a coil.
Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate