Hypertext Webster Gateway: "straddling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.]
1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs
far apart.
2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of
a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Straddling \Strad"dling\, a.
Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two
circles in the hub. See {Straddle}, v. i., and {Straddle}, v.
t., 3. --Knight.
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