astraddle

[ uh-strad-l ]

/ əˈstræd l /

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adverb, adjective, preposition

astride with one leg on each side of; astride: sitting astraddle a fence.

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Origin of astraddle

First recorded in 1695–1705; a-¹ + straddle

Words nearby astraddle

Astoria, astound, astounding, astr-, astrachan, astraddle, astragal, astragalus, astrakhan, astral, astral body

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How to use astraddle in a sentence

Mayo had been riding the main boom astraddle, hitching himself toward the captain, to make him hear.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
McClellan's army being astraddle the Chickahominy, two courses of action were open to him when he was attacked.
Reminiscences of a Rebel|Wayland Fuller Dunaway
Standing astraddle on both seats, with the map close to the lamp, I greedily followed the course of the 'tief' southward.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
Astraddle on Tono-Bungay, he flashed athwart the empty heavens—like a comet—rather, like a stupendous rocket!
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells

Horse: Place the index and third fingers of the right hand astraddle the index-finger of the left.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

British Dictionary definitions for astraddle

astraddle

/ (əˈstrædəl) /

adjective

(postpositive) with a leg on either side of something

preposition

astride

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astraddle

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