angle iron

American  

[ang-guhl ahy-ern] / ˈæŋ gəl ˌaɪ ərn /

noun

1. an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.

2. 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 .

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angle iron British  

noun

1. Also called: angle.   angle bar.  an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section

2. any piece of iron or steel forming an angle, esp a right angle

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Etymology

Origin of angle iron

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Dad had decided it was time to salvage the angle iron stacked all around the farm.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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 picked up a six-foot length of angle iron and handed me the end.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

At this point the vertical plates meet one another, and the edge formed is rounded over to fit the interior of the bend of the horizontal angle iron so as to make the joint tight.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

These are received upon a railway made of two strips of angle iron of the proper gauge for the wheels, and are locked fast by a latch falling over their ends.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various