astraddle of
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.17 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
In a straddling position on.
Example Sentences
- "I fell at the foot of the only solitary tree there was in nine counties adjacent[…], and the next second I had hold of the bark with four sets of nails and my teeth, and the next second after that I was astraddle of the main limb and blaspheming my luck in a way that made my breath smell of brimstone."
- "Charming hour of the day, particularly when, as sometimes happens, it is also that of the setting sun whose last rays, raking the street from end to end, lend to my cenotaph an interminable shadow, astraddle of the gutter and the sidewalk."