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Clip angle

Clip angle

A short piece of angle iron attached to one piece of a column or beam with bolts, in preparation for attaching to another piece upon erection.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

clip angle, lug angle

A short angle iron that takes a portion of the stress of any member.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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