riveters
Steel bolt hammerers
Riveters are workers who fasten metal parts together using rivets—metal pins hammered flat on both ends to create permanent joints.
The term evokes industrial manufacturing, particularly shipbuilding and steel construction.
Rosie the Riveter became an iconic symbol of American women who entered factory work during World War II: My grandmother was one of the riveters at the Boeing plant.
Joining two parts together
- securingMaking firmly fixed
- clampingFixing firmly with pressure
- buckingJumping to unseat rider
- headingDirectional course traveled
setting · punching · driving · forming · compression · deformation · hammering · squeezing
Feminine floral diminutive
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- shipyardVessel construction site
- productionMaking or generating something
union · blue-collar · welder · fitter · machinist · journeyman · apprentice · craftsman
Metal structural components
- ironworkObjects shaped from heated metal
- girderMain structural support beam
- beamStructural support member
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
framework · scaffolding · bridge-building · skyscraper · I-beam · connection · span · cantilever
Flat-rolled thin alloy
- aluminumElement thirteen
- countersinkConical recess for fasteners
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- deburringRemoving machining imperfections
fastening
Joining two parts together
heading · setting · punching · driving · forming · compression · deformation · hammering · squeezing · clinching
Rosie
Feminine floral diminutive
production · union · blue-collar · welder · fitter · machinist · journeyman · apprentice · craftsman · technician
steelwork
Metal structural components
- ironworkObjects shaped from heated metal
- girderMain structural support beam
- beamStructural support member
truss · framework · scaffolding · bridge-building · skyscraper · I-beam · connection · span · cantilever · tower
sheet-metal
Flat-rolled thin alloy
- aluminumElement thirteen
- countersinkConical recess for fasteners
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- industrial workersfactory workers, assembly workers, laborers, maintenance crews, maintenance crew
- tradesmenwelders, machinists, carpenters, plumbers, electricians
- wartime womenwar nurses, army nurses, military nurses, flight nurses, nurse corps
- dockworkerslongshoremen, stevedores, dockers, dockworkers, dockhands
- Rosie the Riveter
- riveted to the spotFrozen in place