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angle iron

[ang-guhl ahy-ern] / ˈæŋ gəl ˌaɪ ərn /
NOUN
l-shaped metal bracket
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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 picked up a six-foot length of angle iron and handed me the end.

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

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 David Allan Low

The sides of the tank are riveted to a vertical angle iron, the cross section of which is clearly shown in the plan.

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



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