Crossword clues for spreadeagle
Wiktionary
vb. (alternative spelling of spread-eagle English)
WordNet
v. defeat disastrously [syn: spread-eagle, rout]
Wikipedia
The term spreadeagle (also spread eagle, spread-eagle) can mean:
- Spreadeagle (heraldry), a figure derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle
- Spread Eagle (horse), an 18th-century Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 1795 Epsom Derby
- Spreadeagle (position), a position in which a person is figuratively in the same position as an eagle with its wings spread and legs well apart
- Spread eagle (figure skating)
- Blood eagle or "spread-eagle", an alleged Viking method of execution
- Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
- Spread-eagleism, the 19th century precursor to the term "Jingoism"
- Spread Eagle (band), an American hard rock band
- Spread Eagle (album), a Peter Pan Speedrock album
- The Spread Eagle is the corporate logo of Barclays Bank, a UK bank, and the name of their staff magazine
- Spread Eagle, Wandsworth, a pub in London
- One of the most difficult split leaves in candlepin bowling, the 2-3-4-6-7-10 split
The spread eagle (also spelled spreadeagle or spread-eagle) is the position in which a person has his or her arms outstretched and legs apart, figuratively resembling an eagle with wings spread. It is a style that appears commonly in nature and geometry. In human style it is represented by the letter "X".
A spreadeagle is a common position in various fields. It is commonly used in dance routines, especially at the conclusion, in figure skating and at the beginning of sky diving.
Usage examples of "spreadeagle".
He was securely locked in steel manacles, one on each wrist and around each ankle, and was suspended several inches above a white, tiled floor, his limbs spreadeagled, on a smooth blue wall.
As much from surprise as from the force of the blow he staggered back against the mantelpiece and only stopped himself from falling backwards into the fireplace by spreadeagling his arms.
It was spreadeagled in a radial burst of limbs and bodyparts, dripping from its emptied-out thorax.
In the screen appeared the image of a young man, naked on a bed, arms spreadeagled to meet the tubes driven into his veins, chest and abdominal cavities opened for the entry of machines that kept most cells alive.
A few doors down, an old bakery run by a mixture of Chinese and Russian immigrants proudly displayed a poppyseed almond cake in the shape of a man spreadeagled (or else doing jumping jacks), which Harry described as 'Brother Alex leaping to our rescue'.
It was spreadeagled, as though it had planned to make snow angels and had then decided against it.