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cold-drawn

British  

adjective

  1. (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish

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The distance is great—near 100 yards—but mould-shot and cold-drawn steel barrels have done it before, and will do it again: back to earth, which he had barely quitted, returns the stricken monarch of the plain, blood staining his snowy breast, and one great pinion hanging useless by his side.

From Project Gutenberg

The tubular portions of the frame are made of weldless cold-drawn steel tube.

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The Vintage Garden Collection by Raymond Whites features sling upholstery framed by Cold-drawn alluminum in a tortoise finish.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Vintage Garden Collection by Raymond Whites features sling upholstery framed by Cold-drawn alluminum in a tortoise finish.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shells are turned from cold-drawn seamless steel tubing, having a carbon content of 0.20 per cent, and they are finished at the rate of one in nine minutes.

From Project Gutenberg