Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astride"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astride \A*stride"\, adv. [Pref. a- + stride.]
With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with
the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. --Sir W.
Scott.
Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose.
--Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
astride
adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn:
{astraddle}]
2: with the legs stretched far apart
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