astraddle
preposition
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Pronunciation: /əˈstɹædəl/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English straddle English astraddle From a- + straddle.
- 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.”
prep
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English straddle English astraddle From a- + straddle.
- 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.”