Definitions for "Ironing"
The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.
The clothes ironed.
garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
Forming between dies whose side wall clearance is less than the sheet metal thickness, such that a thinning action occurs. This usually takes place in the side walls of deep drawn parts where the inflow of metal from the flange tends to thicken or wrinkle; subsequent ironing produces a more uniform wall thickness.
Thinning the walls of deep drawn articles by reducing the clearance between punch and die.