Definition of "astraddle" []

• In a straddling position; astride. (adverb)
• Across or over both sides. (adverb)
• So as to straddle or bridge; astride. (preposition)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "French calf; heel one inch high, with steel nails; countered outside; straps narrow, of fine French calf put on "astraddle," and set down to the top of the back."
• "Ali was astraddle her with one knee in the small of her back."
• ""We're just not having fun," says Katherine during one date, apparently putting an end to the affair; but a few minutes later James is "supine on the bed with her astraddle him," in one of Spring's many vigorous, but not unequivocally joyful, bedroom scenes."