Straddle

strad′l, v.i. to stride or part the legs wide: to stand or walk with the legs far apart: to seem favourable to both sides in any question that divides opinion into parties, to trim with regard to any controversy.— v.t. to stand or sit astride of.— n. act of straddling: an attempt to fill a non-committal position: a stock-transaction in which the buyer obtains the privilege of either a put or a call : a vertical mine-timber supporting a set.— adv. astride.— adj. Stradd′le-legged , having the legs wide apart. [A freq. from A.S. strǽd , pa.t. of strídan , stride.]