astraddle
adv/əˈstɹædəl/
Etymology
From a- + straddle.
Definitions
In a straddling position
In a straddling position; astride.
- The Charioteer rides afore, a-ſtraddle on the Beam that makes the Yoke for the Oxen, which is covered with Scarlet, and finely carved underneath […]
- A faint string of smoke was rising from a cigarette-tray—a number of Vanity Fair sat astraddle on the table.
- She climbed his body and wrapped her legs around him and they made love there, man standing, woman astraddle, in the stone odor of demolition.
In a straddling position on.
- […] see that your men reload their muskets the meanwhile, ready for any old woman we may see riding through the air astraddle a broomstick.
- The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse.
- He spies a group of Irish officers astraddle the road, conferring on horseback.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA