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

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

This frame, the same one now in the vehicle, was constructed of two pieces of angle iron, riveted and brazed together.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Berkebile, Donald H.

The writer, of course, means to be understood as speaking of the labor 27 in putting the ship together, having the material in shape of angle iron, plates, &c., &c., already prepared.

From Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade by Codman, John