Rivet

Definitions

1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
2. A surname from French.
3. Any fixed point or certain basis.
   figuratively
4. A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse”

“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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