circumvolutions

circumvolutions

1. plural of circumvolution
   • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal, page 5:

     It is said, on the contrary, that during each and every one of his one-and twenty circumvolutions he emitted no less than one-and-twenty distinct and furious whiffs from his pipe, to which he held fast the whole time with all his might...