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astraddle

[ uh-strad-l ]

adverb

  1. astride with one leg on each side of; astride:

    sitting astraddle a fence.



astraddle

/ əˈ²õ³Ù°ùæ»åÉ™±ô /

adjective

  1. postpositive with a leg on either side of something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

preposition

  1. astride
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of astraddle1

First recorded in 1695–1705; a- 1 + straddle
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The players will still be running around astraddle brooms, still pinning their hopes of victory on grabbing a yellow-hued ball — inexplicably, unless “Harry Potter†explains it.

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Chateaus astraddle vertiginous, cave-pocked limestone cliffs attempted to outdo one another in the beauty and extent of their gardens.

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It was directly below the boy who sat astraddle of the projecting log, and a little farther downstream.

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One of the boys, named Gene, big-limbed, loose-jointed and clumsy, in doing his turn, and while astraddle the “frog,†lost his balance and tumbled sideways, dragging the under boy over with him.

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Having careered, plunging and tugging and side-stepping, until she was astraddle of the outside trace, Jenny stopped.

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