angle iron
Americannoun
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an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
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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 .
noun
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Also called: angle. angle bar. an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
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any piece of iron or steel forming an angle, esp a right angle
Etymology
Origin of angle iron
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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
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
The rheostat boxes themselves are also insulated from the angle iron supporting them.
From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous
Another angle iron of the same dimensions is used in the same way to connect the sides with the bottom.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
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