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a rolled steel or iron shape having a U-shaped cross section, with two narrower sides at right angles to a broader one. See illus. under shape. Also called channel bar.
[1885-90]
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channel iron or channel bar,
a flanged bar of rolled iron or steel, shaped so that its cross section forms three sides of a rectangle.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.