coiled

a coiled serpent

Two first-half goals from the Colombian forward Radamel Falcao won the game, allowing Atlético to spend the final hour or so sitting deep, coiled always for a breakaway.

That rope has to be coiled.

Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.

In the kitchen a kettle was singing on the fire, and a large black cat lay coiled up in the basket.

After he had watered the garden, he coiled the hose and put it into the shed.