riveting
noun1
The act of joining with rivets.
2
The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
3
A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.
- Derived terms
- butt riveting, chain riveting, crossed riveting, double riveting, lap riveting, orbital riveting, riveting set, snap riveting