astraddle /əˈstɹædəl/adverb 1preposition 1 adverb1 •In a straddling position; astride.The Charioteer rides afore, a-straddle on the Beam that makes the Yoke for the Oxen, which is covered with Scarlet, and finely carved underneath […] — 1698 preposition1 •In a straddling position on.[…] see that your men reload their muskets the meanwhile, ready for any old woman we may see riding through the air astraddle a broomstick. — 1848
