deep-draw

[ deep-draw ]

verb (used with object)

, Metalworking.

, deep-drew, deep-drawn, deep-draw·ing.

1. to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies. Compare cup ( def 22 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of deep-draw¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Dismounting, they tied their horses in a deep draw, and crawled to the top, where they could watch for her signal.

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At noon the pack-train descended into a deep draw, well covered with cedar and sage.

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Job Nutt took a deep draw at his pipe, and turned and looked down at Murphy, now just over three years old.

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On the north side of this primitive dwelling was a deep draw-well.

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