The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word ANGLE IRON
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ANGLE IRON
- Engineer learning to retain old structural support
- Metal bracket in corner resting on golf club
- Bent material has press chasing old settler
- Panamanian dictator rejected fencing – originally notched and incorporating large bracket
- Metal bracket leaning or broken
- Fishermen do it with club support
- Learning nothing about L-shaped building material
- Metal bracket in corner next to golf club
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The straight part
We know that "Metal bracket" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case metal bracket = angle iron.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.