astride's Usage Examples:

through the gap opened by the Canadians and swung down astride the Drocourt-Queant line towards its junction with the Hindenburg line, which was at the same time assailed in front by the 52nd Division.

The rescuer kneels astride the child's thighs and places his fists between the bottom of the victim's breast-bone and the navel.

Gerard's corps (with which was Kellermann's cuirassier corps) halted astride the Sambre at Chatelet.

Owing to its position astride of the Alps, and so commanding the road across them, Tirol has often been the scene of sharp fighting.

's advance astride the Maritsa and Tunja on Oct.

Of these forces, however, only those astride the Scarpe, i.

His father lies on his deathbed and he amuses himself setting a policeman astride a bear!But whatever your taste, you can probably find a shirt that amuses you or the hunter you love.

And there was the bear swimming about with the policeman on his back!His father lies on his deathbed and he amuses himself setting a policeman astride a bear!The burgomaster is entirely dependent upon the police and the chief of the district, and has to discharge all sorts of functions (bailiff, policeman, 'c.

By nightfall the situation was all in favour of the allies; for Grouchy was now actually outside the four Prussian corps, who were by this time concentrated astride the Dyle at Wavre.

In western civilization there is a traditional difference between the riding of men and women, in this particular, that men ride astride and women on a side-saddle.

Riding astride is sometimes recommended for women.

Among more ideal work are "Eve" (1880), "Diana" (1882 and 1891), "Woman and Peacock," and "The Poet," astride his Pegasus spreading wings for flight.

Synonyms:

astraddle,

Antonyms:

None