level-coil

noun

1

obsolete : an old game in which the players at a given signal replace each other in seats amid a general scramble and tumult

2

obsolete : a noisy sport or melee

Word History

Etymology

by folk etymology (influence of level entry 3 and coil entry 3) from Middle French lever le cul to raise or remove the rump, displace from a seat

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