Coiled rope
A rope wound into a coil — kept length, potential pull or hold ready for when it is needed.
A coiled rope in a dream is the dream's image of kept length, potential pull or hold ready for when it is needed. The rope is not in use; it is stored where it can be reached. The dream brings the coiled rope when something in your life — a friendship that can be called on, a skill in reserve, a piece of preparation — is currently waiting and is in good condition. A coiled rope tested before the climb is the dream affirming the preparation. A coiled rope that turns out to be rotten in the middle, only discovered under load, is the dream noting that the kept reserve was not maintained, and the load will be the moment the failure shows.