rivet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɪvət/
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Etymology
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.
Meanings
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
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(obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse
a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC:In 1579 it is mentioned that Almain rivets are now out of use, and in lieu of them a corselett shall be found. The rivets varied in cost; in 1509 they were to be had for 8s., in 1512 they were imported at 16s., and again in 1513 […]
1903, The Archaeological Journal, page 105:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rivets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rivet knob · scrivet · rivetlike · pop rivet · rivet counter · rivet wheat · on the rivet · rivet gun · rivet hearth · rivethead · rivetless
Descendants
Translations (51)
no nagle (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · sv nit (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · pl nit (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · no klinke (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · no nite (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · am ሪቬት (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · bg нит (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · nl klinknagel (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · fa پرچ (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · km ដែកគោលមីន (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · th หมุดย้ำ (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · tr perçin (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ru заклёпка (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · pt rebite (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · vi ri vê (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · de Niet (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · fi niitti (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · mk нитна (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ka მოქლონი (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ota پرچین (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ca rebló (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · kk тойтарма (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · hu szegecs (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · eo nito (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · cy rhybed (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · az pərçim (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · et neet (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · fr rivet (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · tl rimatse (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · cmn 鉚釘 /铆钉 (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · it rivetto (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ro nit (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · cs nýt (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · es remache (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · es roblón (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · gd calpa (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · uk заклепка (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · es rebite (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · az qadaq (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · el πριτσίνι (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · mi riweti (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · grc βλῆτρον (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · it ribattino (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · tl rematse (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ko 리벳 (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · km មីនភ្ជាប់ (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ga seam (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ja リベット (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · mi rīwiti (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · da nitte (cylindrical mechanical fastener) · ar بِرْشَام (cylindrical mechanical fastener)