ASTRADDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does astraddle mean? 

• ASTRADDLE (adverb)
  The adverb ASTRADDLE has 1 sense:

1. with one leg on each side

  Familiarity information: ASTRADDLE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTRADDLE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With one leg on each side

Synonyms:

astraddle; astride

Context example:

she sat astride the chair

 Context examples 

“Go call Sir Oliver!” said Sir Nigel, and presently the portly knight made his way all astraddle down the slippery deck.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Right glad was the traveller to see the high tower of Christchurch Priory gleaming in the mellow evening light, and gladder still when, on rounding a corner, he came upon his comrades of the morning seated astraddle upon a fallen tree.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)