angled

American  

[ang-guhld] / ˈæŋ gəld /

adjective

1. having an angle or angles.

2. Heraldry.

   1. noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.

   2. (of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

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Etymology

Origin of angled

First recorded in 1565–75; angle ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The pipe rose out of the cold stove and angled at the mud daubers’ nest.

From Literature

I brought up the rear of our group, tailing Ma, with my elbows angled up and out to prevent her from being jostled as she moved timidly through the crush.

From Literature

“Let me come,” I called, but they angled the currach up and over the stile and started down the path toward the strand.

From Literature

He positioned Katherine’s makeup mirror in the book, angled it just so . . . yep, there was Chip’s face, anxious and pale on the other side of the conference room’s glass wall.

From Literature

Uprooted trees, a telephone pole, and the shingled roof of a small shed floated in the water behind the downed section of the bridge, trapped against the steel girder that now angled into the river.

From Literature