Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Riveting \Riv"et*ing\, n.
   1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out
      and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or
      pressing.

   2. The whole set of rivets, collectively. --Tomlinsin.

   {Butt riveting}, riveting in which the ends or edges of
      plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by
      being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint.

   {Chain riveting}, riveting in which the rivets, in two or
      more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other.

   {Crossed riveting}, riveting in which the rivets in one row
      are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next
      row.

   {Double riveting}, in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along
      the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of
      the joint.

   {Lap riveting}, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates
      overlap and are riveted together.