Straddling

2 definitions found

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

  Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.]
     1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs
        far apart.
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     2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of
        a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straddling \Strad"dling\, a.
     Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two
     circles in the hub. See {Straddle}, v. i., and {Straddle}, v.
     t., 3. --Knight.
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