单词 | re-rivet |
释义 | re-rivetv. transitive. To rivet (plating, a joint, etc.) again. Earliest in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with rivets > again re-rivet1784 1784 Parl. Reg. Ireland III. i. 65 An enlightened parliament had done away with the illiberal prejudices of former ages, and shall we, Sir, in the very act of renovation, re-rivet those chains, from which that parliament freed them? 1898 Daily News 20 Aug. 7/2 It will be necessary to re-rivet at least twelve feet of the plating. 1989 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 24 July 69 If any damage is found, skin panels are replaced or patched and the joints are rebonded and reriveted using round-head rivets. 2006 Bay City (Mich.) Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. a3 Murdoch popped the VIN off the truck he owned that had a blown engine, and re-riveted it on a stolen vehicle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1784 |
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