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語源

From rivet + -er.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɪvətə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɪvətɚ/

名詞

riveter (plural riveters)

1. (metalworking, construction) A person whose job is to rivet.
   1. (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.

      Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of American WWII propaganda.

      • 1942, Redd Evans, John Jacob Loeb, “Rosie the Riveter”:

        Ev'ry one stops to admire the scene / Rosie at work on the B-19 / She's never twittery / nervous or jittery / Rosie the riveter

2. A tool used to fix rivets.

   Synonym: rivet gun

   Antonym: de-riveter

   The riveter required a compressed air supply.

アナグラム

• rerivet, riveret