Riveting
['rɪvɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rivet
(n.) The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
(n.) The whole set of rivets, collectively.
Typed by Audrey
Examples
- Ship building is hastened by these same air drilling and riveting machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1809, David Mead Randolph of England patented machinery for riveting soles and heels to the uppers instead of sewing them together. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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