α. Middle English reveter, Middle English revetour, Middle English revettour.
β. 1700s riviter, 1700s–1800s rivetter, 1700s– riveter.
单词 | riveter |
释义 | rivetern.α. Middle English reveter, Middle English revetour, Middle English revettour. β. 1700s riviter, 1700s–1800s rivetter, 1700s– riveter. 1. A person whose job it is to fix things together with rivets; (also more generally) a person who rivets.In quot. 1742 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with nails, rivets, or spikes riveter1307 driver1769 nailer1803 spiker1884 1307 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 31 (MED) Revettour. 1351 in F. Collins Reg. Freemen York (1897) I. 47 (MED) Thomas de Heworth, reveter. ?a1419 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 180 At the askyng the gyrdelers and revettours..it is grauntyd to the forsayd gyrdelers, revettours..that thai wyrk of thair awen gude. 1742 London Mag. Sept. 462/2 Forger and intended Riveter of our Chains. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xlvii. 234 The Sadler..furnishes his Work by the Help of several distinct Tradesmen; such as..the Rivetter, who makes the Iron Work of the Tree. 1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man iv. ii. 65 The china riviter at next door is a knowing man in fractures, and he says his scull will never ring well again. 1800 New Ann. Direct. 34 Saddle-tree-maker and Rivetter. 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 556 The average work that can be done by two riveters, with one ‘holder on’ and a boy. 1894 Labour Commission Gloss. After the boot has been sewn the rivetter again takes the boot and hammers the sole out to make it level. 1930 L. J. Greene Negro Wage Earner xvi. 329 A crew of Negro riveters..worked so efficiently that they were retained. 1978 F. Muir in F. Muir & D. Norden Take my Word for It 61 Before striking it rich [he] was a riveter in a..shipyard. 2007 T. S. Hischak Rogers & Hammerstein Encycl. 119 The unlikely romance between the construction site riveter..and the high-society dame. 2. Engineering. A riveting machine (see also quot. 1963). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > tool for driving in rivets riveter1864 rivet gun1916 1864 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1863 184 This apparatus, when designed as a ‘riveter’, is provided with suitable handles. 1884 Machinery & Eng. 1 88/1 Compressing machines, such as steam hammers,..rivetters, forging presses. 1928 Daily Express 19 Nov. 11/7 When you have been sitting up in a bo'sun's cradle playing hell with a pneumatic riveter. 1963 F. D. Jones & P. B. Schubert Engin. Encycl. (ed. 3) 1068 ‘Riveting machines’, according to common usage, differ from ‘riveters’ in that the riveting operation with a machine is effected by a succession of blows or by a compressive rotating action, whereas a riveter merely subjects the rivet to compression. 2003 National Geographic Dec. 136/1 Today a new riveter on the scene, a behemoth known as a Computer Numerical Controlled Machine, works up to ten times faster than humans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1307 |
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