Definition of Astraddle

1. Adverb. With one leg on each side. "She sat astride the chair"

Exact synonyms: Astride

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

astony
astonying
astoop
astorgous
astorperious
astound
astounded
astoundedly
astoundedness
astounding
astoundingly
astoundment
astounds
astrachan
astrachans
astraddle (current term)
astraean
astraeans
astragal
astragalar
astragalectomy
astragali
astragalocalcaneal
astragalocalcanean
astragalofibular
astragaloid
astragalomancy
astragaloscaphoid
astragalotibial
astragals

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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