Astride
[ə'straɪd]
Definition
(adv.) with one leg on each side; 'she sat astride the chair'.
(adv.) with the legs stretched far apart.
Inputed by Jon--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
Typed by Brooke
Definition
adv. with the legs apart or across.
Edited by Erna
Examples
- Young Thomas expressed these sentiments sitting astride of a chair before the fire, with his arms on the back, and his sulky face on his arms. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I held it on both sides, sitting astride the handle hooked over the seat. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He sat astride of the chair when he had pushed the money over, and sat swinging his purse and eyeing Joe. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That bird is the trial of my life, she continued, removing the pink mountain from her head, while Laurie seated himself astride a chair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There was a group of sober little donkeys with naked, dusky children clambering about them, or sitting astride their rumps, or pulling their tails. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At length I was successful in reaching the side of one great brute, and ere he knew what I was about I was firmly seated astride his glossy back. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Edited by Erna