riveter

UK: /ˈrɪvɪtəʳ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

riv•et /ˈrɪvɪt/   n., v., -et•ed, -et•ing or (esp. Brit.) -et•ted, -et•ting. 
n. [countable]

1. Building a metal pin for passing through holes in plates to hold them together.

v. [~ + object]

2. Building to fasten with or as if with a rivet or rivets:
   riveting the wings to the body of the plane.
3. to hold (someone's attention) firmly:
   Her attention was riveted on the magician.

riv•et•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

riv•et  (riv′it), n., v., -et•ed, -et•ing or (esp. Brit.) -et•ted, -et•ting. 
n. 

1. Building a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.

v.t. 

2. Building to fasten with a rivet or rivets.
3. Building to hammer or spread out the end of (a pin, bolt, etc.) in order to form a head and secure something;
   clinch.
4. to fasten or fix firmly.
5. to hold (the eye, attention, etc.) firmly.

• Old French rivet, derivative of river to attach; (verb, verbal) Middle English revetten, derivative of the noun, nominal
• (noun, nominal) Middle English revette, rivette 1350–1400

riv′et•er, n. 
riv′et•less, adj.