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Definition of Astraddle
1. Adverb. With one leg on each side. "She sat astride the chair"
Definition of Astraddle
1. adv. In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
Definition of Astraddle
1. Adverb. In a straddling position; astride. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astraddle
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astraddle
Literary usage of Astraddle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1894)
"In falls astraddle, the urethra is usually ruptured in but one place, the canal
being pressed against one or other of the ischio-pubic branches. ..."
2. Southern Literary Messenger (1859)
"... but especially fond of riding astraddle, after the fashion of men, she on
hearing that the Empress liked the English fashion of the sidesaddle better, ..."
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