Risley

Meanings

Proper Noun

• (suburban) area in Warrington (borough) Cheshire (county) England (constituent country) .
• village/and/civil parish (served by Risley with Hopwell Parish Council) in Erewash (borough) Derbyshire (county) England (constituent country) .

Noun

• A circus performer who performs antipodism, lying on the back while carrying burdens on the feet.

Origin

• The circus term comes from the name of Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), who developed this kind of act in the United States.