'Flemish coil' definitions:

Definition of 'Flemish coil'

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  • Flemish \Flem"ish\, a. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. [1913 Webster]
  • Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous] --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  • Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.
  • Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.
  • Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick.
  • Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.
  • Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.
  • Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard. [1913 Webster]