Riveting is joining metal with short pins hammered flat. Hot riveting, the riveting crew, riveting the plates.
It held every ship and bridge together before welding, and the hot rivets were thrown up to the catcher and hammered while glowing. The figurative adjective means gripping, from the idea of attention fixed as firmly as a rivet.
1nounrivetingJoining metal with short pins hammered flat.
“The noise of riveting rang out across the shipyard all day.”
riveting is a process.