deep-drawn, ppl. a.
(ˈdiːpˌdrɔːn)
[deep adv. 3.]
1. Drawn deeply or from the depths (esp. of the breast).
| 1813 T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 224 They can never suppress the deep-drawn sigh. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. xvi. 107 The hollow cave resounded to the deep-drawn snore. 1870 Bryant Iliad II. xvi. 114 With a sigh Deep-drawn. |
2. Of metals: produced or worked by deep drawing; suitable for deep drawing (cf. deep a. IV. c).
| 1925 Forging, Stamping, Heat Treating XI. 427 The importance of selecting the proper stock for deep drawn shells. 1926 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CXIII. 589 The manufacture of deep-drawn cylinders. 1959 Motor Manual (ed. 36) i. 7 The sheet is not pushed into the die by the punch, but is stretched into it, which is why the type of sheet steel known as deep drawn must be used. |