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

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

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

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

Four wooden battens of pitch pine, 4 inches by 1½ inches, and bolted on to each cant of the angle iron superstructure, with ⅞ inch galvanized iron bolts and nuts.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

A wire-bottomed tray, framed with angle iron, is arranged to slide into this tank from the top and rests upon angle irons screwed to the tank sides.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)