riveting

noun 3adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Commanding the attention of spectators.

a riveting firework display

noun

1

The act of joining with rivets.

2

The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.

3

A set of rivets; rivets collectively.

1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.

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