Since the race occurred in October, just before the start of the oystering season, the twenty-three skipjacks were in prime condition: all had been hauled out to have their bottoms painted, and all had been cleaned up on deck, their dredges neatly stacked, their lines coiled.

IV lines coiled over meaty arms.

Beneath the body of the fire, lines of type seethed and coiled.

The hatches were battened, the lines coiled, and several seamen leapt ashore to cast free the mooring hawsers; there were six of them, each a rope as thick around as my wrist.

A dark, brutal look at the shadows darkening the Hong Kong triads, the film picks up the narrative line expertly coiled and kinked in Mr. To's companion piece made the year before, "Election."

Some of it clanged off the helmet of Sergeant Colon, hurrying back with what looked like a small washing line coiled over his arm.

The line coiled from the outside of the museum and up a set of stairs to where the coffin rested on a crimson-covered stand.

As he reached the top of the vertical cliff face and found Jackson only just behind him,Ramagesat down on a rock and watched the American unwind a light line coiled round his chest and shoulders, and drop one end over the edge.

As soon as the sails were furled, all lines coiled, riding and cabin lights on, Turian broke out fishing gear.

"Alfin, have you got that line coiled?"