STRADDLE

straddle. Straddle, v.i. to walk wide and very aukwardly

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Strad″dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Straddling (?).] [[Freq. from the root of stride.]] 1. 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
2. 2. To stand with the ends staggered; — said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.