Word Study
astride
CIDE DICTIONARY
astride, adv. [Pref. a- + stride.].
With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. [1913 Webster]
"Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade." [1913 Webster]
"Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
astride, adv. & prep.
--adv.
1 (often foll. by of) with a leg on each side.
2 with legs apart.
--prep. with a leg on each side of; extending across.
--adv.
1 (often foll. by of) with a leg on each side.
2 with legs apart.
--prep. with a leg on each side of; extending across.
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