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riveter
- /ˈɹɪvətə/ UK
- /ˈɹɪvətɚ/ US
noun riveters
- A person whose job is to rivet.
- A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details. Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.
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A tool used to fix rivets.
The riveter required a compressed air supply.
Similar: rivet gun · Opposite: de-riveter
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noun one who rivets
| Español | remachador, remachadora |
|---|---|
| Français | riveteur |
noun tool, rivet gun
| Español | remachadora |
|---|---|
| Français | pince à riveter |
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title = {riveter},
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