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English
Etymology
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.
The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
rivet (plural rivets)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- (obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
- a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC:
- over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse
- 1903, The Archaeological Journal, page 105:
- In 1579 it is mentioned that Almain rivets are now out of use, and in lieu of them a corselett shall be found. The rivets varied in cost; in 1509 they were to be had for 8s., in 1512 they were imported at 16s., and again in 1513 […]
Derived terms
Translations
cylindrical mechanical fastener
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Verb
rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or (especially UK) rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or (especially UK) rivetted)
- (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
- (transitive) To install rivets (see Usage notes).
- (transitive, figurative) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
- 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC, 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./mode/1up pages 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.:
- (transitive, figurative) To make firm or immovable.
- Terror riveted him to the spot.
Usage notes
Solid rivets are traditionally installed by two people: a bucker (or holder-up) who bucks the rivets, typically holding a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet which has been heated if necessary till it is soft, while the riveter (or gunner or, before mechanisation, basher) uses a rivet gun (an adjustable pneumatic hammer) fitted with a rivet set, against the factory head to provide impulses which upset the bucktail into a field head. If iron or steel rivets are used, two extra people are required, the heater or cook at a nearby brazier, who heats the rivets until they are soft, and with tongs, throws them to the catcher, who catches them in a small bucket and, with tongs, places them in the hole. As the rivet cools, it contracts and grips the plates more tightly. The number of people required, all requiring considerable training to achieve safety, means however that steel rivets are now rarely used. Alternatively, where both ends of a rivet are near an opening, the arm of a hydraulic press can be passed through and used to compress the rivet to form the field head. Blind rivets can be fitted without access to the bucktail side, using a different type of rivet gun which pulls out a frangible mandrel, but they are much less strong than equal sizes of solid rivet. There are other less common types of rivet, see 
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Derived terms
Translations
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
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to install rivets
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to command the attention of spectators
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Catalan
Etymology
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Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic رباط (ribāt).
Pronunciation
Noun
rivet m (plural rivets)
- weather strip, draught excluder
- edging, piping
- (in the plural) hints, traces
- 1898, Marià Vayreda, Recorts de la darrera carlinada:
- Ara, ab més reflexió, trobo que fou senzillament un acte de cobardía ab ribets de personal egoisme.
- Now, after more reflection, I find that it was simply and act of cowardice with traces of personal egoism.
Derived terms
- rivetar
Further reading
- “rivet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rivet m (plural rivets)
- rivet (mechanical fastener)
Further reading
- “rivet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
rīvet
Swedish
Noun
rivet
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