astraddle

Definition

In a straddling position; astride.

Etymology

From a- + straddle.

Example Sentences

• "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."