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Definition of Astride
1. Adverb. With one leg on each side. "She sat astride the chair"
2. Adverb. With the legs stretched far apart.
Definition of Astride
1. adv. With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
Definition of Astride
1. Adverb. With one’s legs on either side. ¹
2. Preposition. With one’s legs on either side of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astride
1. with one leg on each side [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astride
Literary usage of Astride
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"particular form, and asked no questions till full daylight disclosed to me that
they were human creatures tied up in sacks and fastened astride on the ..."
2. Official History of 82nd Division American Expeditionary Forces: "All by Army, United States Army. Division, 82nd, 82nd Airborne Division, United States (1919)
"The second phase of the Division's participation in the Meuse-Argonne offensive
required the 82nd Division to fight astride of the Aire River, ..."
3. Riding and Driving for Women by Belle Beach (1912)
"CHAPTER IV RIDING astride TN these days of "advanced" ideas the advisa- -*.
bility of women aping men in yet another way, by riding astride, is the subject ..."
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