adv. [ Pref. a- + straddle. ] In a straddling position; astride; bestriding;
v. t. To bestride. [ 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;
n.
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 ]