cold-draw

American  

[kohld-draw] / ˈkoʊldˌdrɔ /

verb (used with object)

Metalworking.

cold-drew, cold-drawn, cold-drawing

1. to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) without preheating the metal.

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Etymology

Origin of cold-draw

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

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cold-drawing cold-drawn

For parts requiring stock over 3/8 in. in diameter, the physical properties desired were obtained by quenching and tempering the hot-rolled bars before cold-drawing.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

I made acquaintance, on this journey, with a mild and modest young quaker, who opened the discourse by informing me, in a grave whisper, that his grandfather was the inventor of cold-drawn castor oil.

From American Notes by Dickens, Charles

This material in the cold-drawn condition will show: Elastic limit, 50,000 lb. per square inch, elongation in 2 in.,

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

Thus constructed of three pieces of wood, united by alternate opposite dovetails and bound together by cold-drawn iron plates, they revolved in the trees or amaxopodes.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

I'm not raving," he said, "or anywhere near it; but if you want the cold-drawn truth, listen here: I'm poisoned.

From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.

To eliminate this objection, many of the Liberty engine builders adopted the use of heat-treated and cold-drawn alloy steel for their highly stressed parts.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)