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Webster 1913 Edition

Rivet

Riv′et

,
Noun.
[F., fr.
river
to rivet; perh. fr. Icel.
rifa
to fasten together. Cf.
Reef
part of a sail.]
A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
With busy hammers closing
rivets
up.
Shak.
Rivet joint
, or
Riveted joint
,
a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.

Riv′et

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Riveted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Riveting
.]
1.
To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets;
as, to
rivet
two pieces of iron
.
2.
To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.
3.
Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable;
as, to
rivet
friendship or affection
.
Rivet
and nail me where I stand, ye powers!
Congreve.
Thus his confidence was
riveted
and confirmed.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rivet

RIV'ET

,
Verb.
T.
[Heb. to drive.]
1.
To fasten with a rivet or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
2.
To clinch; as, to rivet a pin or bolt.
3.
To fasten firmly; to make firm, strong or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

RIV'ET

,
Noun.
a pin of iron or other metal with a head, driven through a piece of timber or metal, and the point bent or spread and beat down fast, to prevent its being drawn out; or a pin or bolt clinched at both ends.

Definition 2024

rivet

rivet

English

Noun

rivet ‎(plural rivets)

  1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
  2. (figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
  3. (obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)

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Translations

Verb

rivet ‎(third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)

  1. (transitive) to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
  2. (transitive) to install rivets
  3. (transitive) to command the attention of.
    • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
      The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.

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French

Etymology

From Latin ripa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.vɛ/

Noun

rivet m ‎(plural rivets)

  1. rivet (mechanical fastener)

Latin

Verb

rīvet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of rīvō

Etymology

Old French rivet (13th century), from a verb river ‎(“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from rive ‎(“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa ‎(“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, ripuarian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪvət/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvət
2 solid rivets

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