riveter

plural riveters

1. artsA person whose job is to rivet.
   1. specificallyartsA 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.

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      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

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

2. A tool used to fix rivets.

   The riveter required a compressed air supply.

   Synonyms: rivet gun · Antonyms: de-riveter