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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

Four wooden battens of pitch pine, 4 inches by 1½ inches, and bolted on to each cant of the angle iron superstructure, with ⅞ inch galvanized iron bolts and nuts.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

There were levers, cogwheels, cranks, fans, twisted bar, and angle iron, in all stages of rust and disintegration.

From Gold by White, Stewart Edward



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