straddle

[STRADDLE, v.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of standing or sitting with the legs far apart. "Then holding the spectacles up to the court- Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle ." Cowper : Adjudged Case. IMG:content-0375.png:[blocks in formation] Shakesp.: Cymbeline, i. 6. *5. Money paid for the stowing of things. *6. That which is stowed.