spraddle-legged

American  

[sprad-l-leg-id, -legd] / ˈspræd lˌlɛg ɪd, -ˌlɛgd /

adjective

1. moving with or having the legs wide apart.

   a spraddle-legged walk.

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adverb

1. with the legs sprawled, spread apart, etc..

   sitting spraddle-legged on the chair.

Etymology

Origin of spraddle-legged

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

“President Putin and I have been discussing various things, and I think it’s going very well,” Mr. Trump said at the start of the meeting, as both men sat spraddle-legged in chairs arranged side by side.

From New York Times

In “Cantiñas” Ms. Carrasco struggled with the long white train of her dress, but the ungainly effort was endearing, in accord with the breast-grabbing, spraddle-legged lustiness of her performance.

From New York Times

A few bought canned stuff from the general store at the roadside, walked back to the cars with the shoulder-hitching, spraddle-legged walk that is proper affectation for cavalrymen even when they are motorized.

From Time Magazine Archive

More mindful of its deadly speed, its paralyzing armament, than of its spraddle-legged look on the ground, proud Bell Aircraft called it "Airacobra."

From Time Magazine Archive

Cattle experts believe that the epidemic of dwarfism may be a result of breeding beef cattle for squat, spraddle-legged, "blocky" figures.

From Time Magazine Archive