riveter

American  

[ri-vi-ter] / ˈrɪ vɪ tər /

noun

1. a person whose job it is to fasten things by means of rivets, or metal pins.

   In building the hull of an iron ship, the work previously done by one man is now divided up among platers, riveters, drillers, and so forth.

2. a machine or tool designed to fasten things by means of rivets.

   I attached the rack with a pop riveter so that it can handle more weight than would be possible using the double-sided tape.

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Etymology

Origin of riveter

rivet ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

She learned long ago, holding a riveter in her hand, that limits don’t always apply and anyone can forge a path forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

As a young adult, he attended art classes at night and took whatever blue-collar work came his way, including dishwasher, warehouse stocker and aircraft riveter.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

He worked as a riveter for Boeing to help pay his way through UW School of Law, where he graduated in 1958.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2018

The track’s inspiration — Rosalind P. Walter, a riveter on fighter planes — is widely accepted, as is the model for a Rosie the Riveter illustration by Norman Rockwell.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2018

She was a welder, schoolteacher, riveter, farm worker, toxicologist’s assistant, and stenographer, all throughout the early and mid-1940s.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady