angle iron

American  

[ang-guhl ahy-ern] / ˈæŋ gəl ˌaɪ ərn /

noun

1. an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.

2. Also called L beam.  Also called angle bar.  Also called L bar.  Also called angle.  a piece of structural iron or steel having a cross section in the form of an L .

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angle iron British  

noun

1. Also called: angle.   angle bar.  an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section

2. any piece of iron or steel forming an angle, esp a right angle

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Etymology

Origin of angle iron

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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angle iron

Dad picked up a six-foot length of angle iron and handed me the end.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Dad had decided it was time to salvage the angle iron stacked all around the farm.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

He had been allowed to keep the angle iron, and it was now stacked—four hundred thousand pounds of it—in tangled mountains all over the yard.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

At this point the vertical plates meet one another, and the edge formed is rounded over to fit the interior of the bend of the horizontal angle iron so as to make the joint tight.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low

Once I had to screw a few wrought-iron unpointed piles with a small screw blade made of angle iron fixed inside as well as the large screw blade outside.

From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman