Definition of: rivet

(riv′it) noun
A short, soft metal bolt, having a head on one end, used to join objects, as metal plates, by passing the shank throughholes and forming a new head by flattening out the headless end.
—v.t.
1. To fasten with or as with a rivet.
2. To batter the headless end of (a bolt, etc.) so as to make fast.
3. To fasten firmly.
4. To engross or attract (the eyes, attention, etc.). [<Of <river clench]
—riv′et·er noun