† stridelongadv.
Obsolete. rare.
With the legs wide apart.
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striddlingc1440
lirylongc1460
a (also on) cock-horse1564
cock-horse1566
stridelong1609
astride1664
stride-legged1688
a-straddle1703
stride-leg1809
straddle-legged1817
striddle-legs1825
straddle-leg1836
straddleback1839
straddle1857
strideways1859
straddle-wise1865
straddle-fashion1873
straddleways1919
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. 16 The militarie men..with hairie cords bound fast to his legges, drew him stride~long [L. divaricatum] without any intermission as farre as to the Præfects Prætorium.
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