riveter

Noun

riveter (plural riveters)

1. A person whose job is to rivet.
   1. (specifically) 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.
      • Ev'ry one stops to admire the scene / Rosie at work on the B-19 / She's never twittery / nervous or jittery / Rosie the riveter1942, 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