To bestride.

transitive. To straddle; to stand or sit with one leg on either side of. Also in extended use. Now rare.

transitive. To set (the legs) wide apart (in standing or walking). In quots. with out, †asunder.

To stand over (a place) with the legs astride; to straddle over, to bestraddle. Also figurative.

intransitive. To cross or twist together the feet, legs, etc. (cf. plet, v. 1); spec. (of a horse) to move with a faulty gait in which the hooves…

transitive. To cross (one's arms, legs, feet, etc.). Cf. plait, v. 3.

to straddle across, bestride.

To sit, stand, or walk with one leg on either side of; to stride over; to bestride. Also figurative.

transitive. To spread or stretch (one's legs, etc.) wide apart. Also transferred.