rivet means A surname from French. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 71 out of 100.
name
- A surname from French.
noun
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
- Any fixed point or certain basis.
- A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.“over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse”
verb
- To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
- To install rivets (see Usage notes).
- To command the attention of.
- To make firm or immovable.“Terror riveted him to the spot.”