The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bestride \Be*stride"\, v. t. [imp. Bestrode, (Obs. or R.) Bestrid; p. p. Bestridden, Bestrid, Bestrode; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestriding.] [AS. bestr[=i]dan; pref. be- + str[=i]dan to stride.]
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To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid.
--Shak.Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus.
--Shak. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of bestride English)
Usage examples of "bestriding".
Daniel was startled to discover his own family coat of arms (a castle bestriding a river) painted on the door of this coach.
Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath, and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Lord knows where.
She bent her knees and spread her legs, bestriding him, as he told her how a real man made love to a real woman.
In her eyes I saw the eyes of Igar when I was Ushu the archer, the eyes of Arunga when I was the rice-harvester, the eyes of Selpa when I dreamed of bestriding the stallion, the eyes of Nuhila who leaned to the thrust of my sword.
Then she had him on his back, bestriding him, a wicked smile on her face as she lowered herself down, a teasing hair's breadth at a time.