riveter

== English == === Etymology === From rivet + -er. === Pronunciation === === Noun === riveter (plural riveters) (metalworking, construction) A person whose job is to rivet. (specifically, for solid rivets) A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details. A tool used to fix rivets. Synonym: rivet gun Antonym: de-riveter ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === rerivet, riveret == French == === Etymology === From rivet +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === === Verb === riveter (transitive) to rivet ==== Conjugation ==== With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener. === Further reading === “riveter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012