straddle
verb (used without object)
to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
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So saying, he unstraddled his legs and dropped into the road, tickled an armadillo with his toe, twirled the silver ring on his finger, and went away singing.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon