Definition of Riveter

1. Noun. A worker who inserts and hammers rivets.

Exact synonyms: Rivetter
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Rivet, Rivet

2. Noun. A machine for driving rivets.
Exact synonyms: Riveting Machine, Rivetter
Generic synonyms: Machine
Derivative terms: Rivet, Rivet

Definition of Riveter

1. n. One who rivets.

Definition of Riveter

1. Noun. A person whose job is to rivet. ¹

2. Noun. A machine or tool used to apply rivets. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riveter

1. one that rivets [n -S] - See also: rivets

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riveter

riverwalk
riverwalks
riverward
riverwards
riverway
riverways
riverweed
riverweeds
riverwoman
rivery
rives
rivet
rivet counter
rivet line
riveted
riveter (current term)
riveters
rivethead
rivetheads
riveting
riveting machine
rivetingly
rivetings
rivetless
rivetlike
rivets
rivetted
rivetter
rivetting
riviation

Literary usage of Riveter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Air riveter.—A riveting machine which is operated by compressed air. ... Bull riveter.—A form of stationary, yoke riveter set in a vertical position and ..."

2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"1278 THE STRENGTH OF CAST-IRON PUNCH AND riveter FRAMES ... the necessary deductions for the case of curved beams similar to punch and riveter frames. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania (1902)
"NOTES ON THE DESIGN OF riveter YOKES. RY CHESTER I! ... the oldest form is the hydraulic riveter, consisting of a cylinder and piston or plunger, ..."

4. Machine Design by Forrest Robert Jones (1899)
"DIRECT-ACTING HYDRAULIC riveter. 152. A hydraulic riveter is required for driving rivets in boilerplate up to 60 inches wide and -^ of an inch thick, ..."

5. The Electromagnet, and Electromagnetic Mechanism by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1891)
"ROWAN'S ELECTROMAGNETIC riveter. suitable electric source, and the diver descending with it was provided with a switch, by means of which he might at any ..."

6. Compressed Air for the Metal Worker by Charles Austin Hirschberg (1917)
"The Yoke type of riveter is also supplied for combination punching and ... It is built with a fulcrum point, similar to the Jam riveter, which may be ..."

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