单词 | straddle-legged |
释义 | > as lemmasstraddle-legged straddle-legged adj. and adv. (a) adj. having the legs set wide apart; (b) adv. with the legs astride. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > specific manner of sitting straddle-legged1817 English1868 astride1889 bareback1923 the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adjective] > legs striddling1638 thwarted1655 straddle-legged1817 the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adverb] > legs striddlingc1440 lirylongc1460 a (also on) cock-horse1564 cock-horse1566 stridelong1609 astride1664 stride-legged1688 a-straddle1703 stride-leg1809 straddle-legged1817 striddle-legs1825 straddle-leg1836 straddleback1839 straddle1857 strideways1859 straddle-wise1865 straddle-fashion1873 straddleways1919 1817 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. (1819) 213 The monstrous straddle-legged figure of that legitimate monarch, Henry VIII. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. xiv. 229 The wives of the binneahs who sit straddle-legged on the tiniest of donkeys. < as lemmas |
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