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astraddle
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Word definitions for astraddle in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Astraddle \A*strad"dle\, adv. [Pref. a- + straddle.] In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. In a straddle position; astride.
Usage examples of astraddle.
And Mister Ward was astraddle of him, beating his head with both fists!
Halfway across, I got to a bowed-up place where I had to get down astraddle of the log and slide myself along.
Lila shifted and rolled until she was sitting on the table before Inman, her legs astraddle him, her bare feet resting on the arms of his chair.
Someone rolled him onto his back astraddle of him, fists striking at his face.
Macurdy knelt astraddle of him, held his head down by the hair, and began clubbing his face with a fist, shouting hoarsely now through broken teeth as he hit him.
The punishment is, they tie you up, set you astraddle of a log, nail your cod to it, stack wood around you, and put a dull knife in your free hand.
It was all so exciting, and right then Emma decided she was going to learn how to ride astraddle a horse.
Then he had asked what she intended to do about her skirts should she begin riding astraddle like a man.
Often, Emma would climb back into the dumpy pants and shirt she had worn during those days of travel, and go riding astraddle, the way Pony had taught her.
Chance grimly holding on as he sprawled half astraddle the outlaw when a lone rider dismounted and a pair of boots appeared within their line of vision.
He was astraddle a beast which still bucked and reared, but he hardly seemed to notice.
I had hold of the bark with four sets of nails and my teeth, and the next second after that I was astraddle of the main limb and blaspheming my luck in a way that made my breath smell of brimstone.
We exchanged a few whispers as to who should do the daring deed, but as the others shrank from it, and as I was too proud to propose what I dare not execute, I gripped the saw, and sitting astraddle upon the plank set to work upon the very centre of it.
A woman sat astraddle her lover, who lay flat on the bed beneath her, his arms folded beneath his head.
A girl was sitting astraddle his lap, leaning over him as he blew smoke through her hair and laughed.