1850 (Royal Soc.) 140 688 In the machine-riveting..the machine closes the joint and forms the rivet with an unerring precision.
1888 217 Machine-riveting, riveting performed by a single application of steady pressure at the same instant upon the tail and the head of a rivet.
2005 70 (Electronic ed.) The North Carolina was a product of the pre-machine-riveting era on the Clyde.