1632 F. Quarles i. iv O! what a ravishment 't had beene..To see thy busie Fingers cloathe and wrappe His spradling Limbs in thy indulgent Lappe!
1898 H. S. Canfield 89 He rode with the spraddling seat of a man more accustomed to the plow than to the scout's saddle.
1935 L. A. G. Strong 83 Between his spraddling knees he had spread a clean white napkin.