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

His hindparts shiver with the usual joyful, mindless ache to mount whatever happens near—the storm piling up black towers to the west, some rotting, docile stump, some spraddle-legged ewe.

From Literature

I had to sit down in Miss Lacy’s chair spraddle-legged.

From Literature

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