rivet
See also: Rivet
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
rivet (plural rivets)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- (obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:
- over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse
- 1903, The Archaeological Journal, page 105:
- 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 […]
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Translations edit
cylindrical mechanical fastener
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Verb edit
rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)
- (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
- (transitive) To install rivets.
- (transitive, figurative) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
- 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC, pages The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely — strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing — what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.:
- (transitive, figurative) To make firm or immovable.
- Terror riveted him to the spot.
Translations edit
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
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to install rivets
to command the attention of spectators
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic رِبَاط (ribát), from Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ, “something which binds”).
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Noun edit
rivet m (plural rivets)
- weather strip, draught excluder
- edging, piping
- (in the plural) hints, traces
- 1898, Marià Vayreda, Recorts de la darrera carlinada:
- Ara, ab més reflexió, trobo que fou senzillament un acte de cobardía ab ribets de personal egoisme.
- Now, after more reflection, I find that it was simply and act of cowardice with traces of personal egoism.
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- “rivet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
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rivet m (plural rivets)
- rivet (mechanical fastener)
Further reading edit
- “rivet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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rīvet
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rivet