Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A riveters' swaging-tool, used in forming the rounded head of a rivet when forged into place.
  • noun A rounded head of a rivet, bolt, or pin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt.
  • noun A swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

snap +‎ head

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