noun A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
The choir stood on risers for the performance.
noun A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
noun The main body of a bow.
noun A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
noun A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
noun A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
noun A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.