channel iron

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.

channel iron

noun

1. a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section Sometimes shortened tochannel

Word History and Origins

Origin of channel iron¹

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 Literature

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

From Project Gutenberg

To make it, he used 8-inch square tubing, channel iron and the frame from a salvaged row-crop cultivator.

From Time Magazine Archive

To make it, he used 8-inch square tubing, channel iron and the frame from a salvaged row-crop cultivator.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The German ironmasters," writes Prof. Milloud, "sell their girders and channel iron for 130 marks per ton in Germany, for 120 to 125 in Switzerland; in England, South America and the East for 103 to 110 marks; in Italy they throw it away at 75 marks and make a loss of from 10 to 20 marks per ton, for the cost price may be reckoned at 85 to 95 marks per ton."

From Project Gutenberg