adv. [ Pref. a- + straddle. ] In a straddling position; astride; bestriding;
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n. [ F. balustrade, It. balaustrata fr. balaustro. See Baluster. ] (Arch.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, or the eaves of a building, or as a guard railing on a staircase; -- it serves as a guard to prevent people from falling.
v. t. To bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. Sp. estrado, orig., a carpet on the floor of a room, also, a carpeted platform, fr. L. stratum bed covering. See Stratum. ] (Arch.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ the teacher ] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A wrong tradition. “Monsters of mistradition.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ L. sinistra the left hand + ad to. ] (Anat. & Zool.) Toward the left side; sinistrally. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of;
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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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ It. strada street or road + E. metrical. ] Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]