The Collaborative International Dictionary
To shrink on
Shrink \Shrink\, v. t.
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
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To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.
--Milton.To shrink on (Mach.), to fix (one piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till it can be slipped into place.
Usage examples of "to shrink on".
Four rivets held it in place, hammered home red-hot and then plunged in cold water to shrink on and hold the metal almost as strongly as a weld.