angle iron

English

Noun

angle iron (plural angle irons)

1. A length of iron or steel, having an L-shaped cross section, used as a structural support
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia‎^[1], page 92:

     The homestead […] was of corrugated iron on an angle-iron frame.

Usage notes

Although the sense of angle iron in reference to steel angle stock is a misnomer (comparable to tin foil in reference to aluminum foil), it is well known and still sometimes heard.

Translations

L-shaped iron

• Esperanto: angulaĵo
• Georgian: გონიო (ka) (gonio)
• Irish: iarann uillinne m
• Polish: winkiel (pl) m
• Romanian: cornier m, cornieră (ro) f
• Swedish: vinkeljärn (sv) n

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