One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies disposed in a coil. (See coiling.) The fakes are greater or smaller in proportion to the space which a cable is allowed to occupy.
·noun A trick; a swindle. II. Fake ·vt To <<Make>>; to <<Construct>>; to <<Do>>. III. Fake ·noun O...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
n. a Tasmanian name for the Dusky Robin ( Petroica vittata). See Robin. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
An unseemly doubling in a badly coiled rope. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A method of coiling a rope that runs freely when let go; differing from the French, and was used for...
A name for what is merely a modification of the Flemish coil, both being extremely good for the obje...