Obs. Also coyl(e. [a. OF. coillir, now cueillir:—L. colligere to collect, gather.] An earlier form of CULL (q.v.), used in the sense, To select, choose. Hence Coiling vbl. sb.
1399. Langl., Rich. Redeles, III. 200. Coile out þe Knyȝtys þat knowe well hemself.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, II. xiii. Chesen out and coyle the chefe iewels.
1530. Palsgr., 498/2. Coyle out the dandyprattes and Yrisshepence, eslisez les dandyprattes et les deniers dIrlande hors de la reste.
1552. Huloet, s.v., Coyle or chose out of many, seligo.
1617. Markham, Caval., I. 87. The Colt … which is to be coyled and cast away. Ibid. In this coyling of Studs there is great arte and iudgement to be vsed.
1655. L. Thetford, Markham’s Perfect Horseman, 15. By no means … make too early coiling.
1708–15. Kersey, Coiling of the Stud, is the first making choice of a Colt, or young Horse, for any service.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
