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astride, adv., prep., and a., orig. phr.|əˈstraɪd|
[f. a prep.1 + stride.]
A. adv.
a. In a striding position; with the legs stretched wide apart, or so that one leg is on each side of some object between, as when a person is on horseback. astride of: bestriding.
1664Butler Hud. ii. ii. 764 Does not the Whore of Bab'lon ride Upon her horned Beast astride? 1785Cowper Tirocin. 366 The playful jockey scow'rs the room..astride upon the parlour broom. 1854Thackeray Newcomes xxx. I. 297 The way in which the impudent little beggar stands astride, and sticks his little feet out. 1860Smiles Self-Help viii. 209 Sitting astride of a house-roof.
b. transf. and fig.
1709Swift T. Tub ix. 110 When a man's fancy gets astride on his reason. 1839–42Alison Hist. Europe (1850) XII. lxxix. §57. 48 Napoleon's central position astride on the Elbe.
B. prep. With one leg on each side of, bestriding.
1713Guardian No. 112 (1756) II. 118 It is my intention to sit astride the dragon upon Bow steeple. 1883Roe in Harper's Mag. Dec. 49/1 Astride his grandpa's cane.
C. adj. Of a seat on horseback: belonging or proper to one riding astride.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1907Daily Chron. 25 Oct. 3/5 Makers of riding habits are going to make a special effort to show that the ‘astride’ seat can be made elegant. 1930S. G. Goldschmidt Fellowship of Horse ix. 132 Some say that astride riding is safer. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Nov. 944/4 The Dianas of our modern horse-shows will be mildly surprised to learn..that the astride seat is impossible for women. |