astraddle

UK /əˈstɹædəl/ US /əˈstɹædəl/
adv 1prep 1

Definitions

adv

1

In a straddling position; astride.

The Charioteer rides afore, a-ſtraddle on the Beam that makes the Yoke for the Oxen, which is covered with Scarlet, and finely carved underneath […]

A faint string of smoke was rising from a cigarette-tray—a number of Vanity Fair sat astraddle on the table.

prep

1

In a straddling position on.

[…] see that your men reload their muskets the meanwhile, ready for any old woman we may see riding through the air astraddle a broomstick.

The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse.

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