a-straddle
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a-straddle adverb Having the legs spread apart across the top of (an object).
1867 Harris Sut Lovingood 82 I gethered a cherry tree lim’ es I run, an’ I lit a-straddil ove ole Blackey, a-thrashin his hide like the devil beatin tan-bark, an’ a-hissin wus nur four thousin mad ganders outen my mouf, eyes, nose, an’ years. 1939 Hall Coll A honeymoon in that day and time was a-straddle of a rail. 1970 Foster Walker Valley 48 He was as close to that till he grabbed it by the back leg and it a straddle of that log. 1990 Wigginton Foxfire Christmas 30 The next morning the man got looking for his wagon, and it was sitting astraddle on the corner of the barn, all put together and ready to go again.