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angle iron
noun
A length of iron or steel, having an L-shaped cross section, used as a structural support
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Some folks like angle iron, while others prefer welded steel, wood scraps or PVC piping.
Here, $5 worth of angle iron and towels could mean a month's supply of food.
Extra wide, 15/8", brass and black strips over extra heavy hand‐welded angle iron frame.
What do you mean to tell me that your sharpened eighteen-inch piece of bent angle iron is a family heirloom?
A threadbare wing chair sits with its back to the north-facing atelier window he built of angle iron and glass, next to a canvas he might have just walked away from.
With hallucinatory vividness, bits of furniture springs, steel mesh and reinforcing bars from the concrete floors, angle iron and what could be crumpled pieces of desks or filing cabinets seem to be growing from the meteorite.
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"We broke apart two beds and took the angle irons," M. says.
Rather than the massive beams or heavy framings that serve as horizontal floor supports in virtually every large steel office tower, Robertson chose bar-joist trusses -- airy, weblike networks of thin steel bars and angle irons topped with corrugated decking.
Many retrofit contractors, including Mr. Harrison, use angle irons to anchor floors to foundations, even though they are not as effective as other hardware that costs about the same.
The sides and top are planked and the corners were covered with boiler plate and angle irons.
Water had entered the submerged torpedo room and rivets had sheared in the angle irons securing the deck armour in place.
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