Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blind rivet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
blind riv-et
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; most commonly a pop rivet fitted by passing the bucktail through the sheets to be secured, then attaching a rivet gun to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.

Inflected Forms

blind rivets (plural)

Questions

What does blind rivet mean?
A rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; most commonly a pop rivet fitted by passing the bucktail through the sheets to be secured, then attaching a rivet gun to a frangible mandrel through the centre of the rivet, which upsets the bucktail to form the field head and breaks off when the correct pressure has been achieved.

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