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rivet

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/ˈɹɪvət/

Definition of rivet

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.
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noun

  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively)Any fixed point or certain basis.
  3. (obsolete)A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
    “over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse”
    “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 […]”

verb

  1. (transitive)To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
  2. (transitive)To install rivets (see Usage notes).
  3. (figuratively, transitive)To command the attention of.
  4. (figuratively, transitive)To make firm or immovable.
    “Terror riveted him to the spot.”

name

  1. A surname from French.

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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…

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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.

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