纏てん繞じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

twining around; entangling

Rare literary word describing vines, threads, or abstract things winding around and entangling. Modern Japanese more often uses 絡まる, 巻き付く, or もつれる.

• 古ふるい詩しで、蔦つたが木きに纏てん繞じょうする様よう子すが描えがかれている。

  In an old poem, ivy is depicted twining around a tree.