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structural iron

American  

noun

  1. iron shaped for use in construction.


Etymology

Origin of structural iron

First recorded in 1890–95

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They match structural iron tubing from the single-winged plane's fuselage.

From Reuters Jan. 5, 2010

Miss Potter sailed with a lusty boatload of ditch diggers, carpenters, welders, structural iron workers and cat-operators from Seattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Harrison, 52, a structural iron worker: "We enjoy traveling around the country and making friends at cat shows."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was also a miner, a structural iron worker, a copyboy in the advertising department of a German newspaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of the latter have become also great manufacturing centres of structural iron and steel.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

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