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)

But if more depends on the pilot, it is equally true to say that a higher degree of cold-drawn courage is demanded from the observer.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

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

Great skill has evidently been exercised in the forming of this by the cold-drawn process, it presenting neither seams nor welds.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster

“Yes; the little beast means cold-drawn biz,” returned my friend.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

This announcement obviously disconcerted Dicky and Robin; for it is one thing to take part in a masquerade, and another to get out of the consequences thereof by cold-drawn lying.

From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Hay, Ian