straddle, stridle, strid dil

i. & t. [A frequent. from stride (q. v.).] A. In trans.: To part the legs wide; to stand or walk with the legs wide apart; to sit astride. "Then A polly on straddled quite over the whole breadth of the way." -Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. B. Trans.: To place the legs one on each side of; to stand or sit astride of.