channel iron

American  

noun

1. a rolled steel or iron shape having a U -shaped cross section, with two narrower sides at right angles to a broader one.

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channel iron British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: channel.  a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section

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Etymology

Origin of channel iron

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Using some channel iron found behind the machine shop, we built what looked like a miniature oil derrick and placed it over the scale as a brace for a tube that held the rocket.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Combination steel and wood reaches, the sides being of channel iron and the center of wood, are favored by some operators.

From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Knapp, Frederick Malcolm

The boiler is supported on each side by channel iron columns, these being riveted to the boiler shell angle pieces which rest upon the columns.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua

Two pieces of channel iron are attached to these legs and the structural framework of the calorimeter chamber rests upon these irons.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano

Regular channel iron kiln truck for end-wise piling 230 83.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)