Plural for a person who rises at a particular time
“My father had always been an early riser.”
Plural for a platform or stand used to lift or elevate something or someone
“A tall, thin woman stood on the riser, her back to Rosie.”
Plural for a pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler
“Although an exhaust riser looks like simple tubing, it must be carefully designed and manufactured to let your engines perform as they should.”
Plural for a strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines
“If something goes wrong, it means you were spinning, or got your legs through the parachute's riser, or the main didn't fully deploy, etc.”
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