rivet
Meanings
Plural: rivets
Noun
- ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
- Any fixed point or certain basis.
- A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
Verb
- direct one's attention on something
- fasten with a rivet or rivets
- hold (someone's attention)
- "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
- To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
- To install rivets.
- To command the attention of.
- To make firm or immovable.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 8
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Words With Friends Score: 9
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