单词 | rivet hearth |
释义 | > as lemmasrivet hearth rivet hearth n. now historical a shallow, portable metal tray on legs, with a bellows underneath, used for heating rivets prior to use. ΚΠ 1850 in A. Stevenson Rudim. Treat. Lighthouses (Advt. section) 36 Machines for Punching and Shearing Plates and Angle-Iron, and for Bending Plates; Rivet Hearth. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 597 The riveters also work in squads,..with sometimes a catcher, i.e., a boy to pass on the heated rivets when the distance from the rivet-hearth is great. 2004 D. Evans Building Steam Navy viii. 91/1 Cranes for quadrangle mostly complete... Rivet hearths and flues not delivered. < as lemmas |
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