Astride

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astride \A*stride"\, adv. [Pref. a- + stride.]
     With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with
     the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
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           Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. --Sir W.


                                                    Scott.
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           Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  astride
       adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn:
               {astraddle}]
       2: with the legs stretched far apart