anneler

A rare, literary verb meaning to curl into ring shapes, most often describing hair (des cheveux annelés) — encountered almost exclusively in descriptive literary prose, not in ordinary conversation.

• Ses cheveux annelés tombaient sur ses épaules. — Her ringleted hair fell over her shoulders.
• Le sculpteur a annelé la colonne de motifs en spirale. — The sculptor ringed the column with spiral patterns.
• La fumée s'annelait au-dessus du feu. — The smoke curled into rings above the fire.

This verb is rarely used outside descriptions of hair or decorative ring-shaped patterns — learners are far more likely to encounter the adjective annelé(e) than the verb itself.