astride

CEFRC2

/əˈstɹaɪ̯d/

adverb · preposition

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Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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The boy sat astride his father’s knee.
The men ride their horses astride.
The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.

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Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.
1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles, London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129
The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.
1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660

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