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Definition of Bestrode
1. bestride [v] - See also: bestride
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestrode
Literary usage of Bestrode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maine: A History by Louis Clinton Hatch, Maine Historical Society, American Historical Society (1919)
"After the frame was in place, the master workman dashed a bottle of rum over it,
while two adventurous workers bestrode the ridgepole at either end. ..."
2. Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, George Alfred Henty, Arthur Griffiths (1897)
"Pennycuick was killed ; his gallant son, a mere lad, sprang forward sword in
hand, and bestrode his father's body until he himself fell across it a corpse. ..."
3. History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth by William Robertson, William Hidkling Prescott (1857)
"Among the chattels left by Charles, his one-eyed horse, which he had bestrode
only once after his arrival at Yuste, was appropriated by Louis Quixada. ..."
4. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1905)
"Captain Don Luis Enriquez bestrode a black ... bestrode a chestnut roadster and
was adorned with a plume of many heron feathers, long black hose, ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Ann. 26; bestrode v. Perrera, 6 La. ... в La, Ann. 26; bestrode v. Per- rara, 6 La.
Ann. 398. ..."
6. Works by Washington Irving (1893)
"... whose steeple peered above the trees ; but these the valiant Peter put to rout
with little difficulty, insomuch that they bestrode their canes and ..."
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