Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bestride"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. {Bestrode}, (Obs. or R.)
{Bestrid}; p. p. {Bestridden}, {Bestrid}, {Bestrode}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Bestriding}.] [AS. bestr[=i]dan; pref. be- +
str[=i]dan to stride.]
1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with
the legs astride; to stand over
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid. --Shak.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a
Colossus. --Shak.
2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a
threshold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bestride
v : get on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: {hop on}, {mount},
{mount up}, {get on}, {jump on}, {climb on}] [ant: {hop
out}]
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