astraddle

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Chateaus astraddle vertiginous, cave-pocked limestone cliffs attempted to outdo one another in the beauty and extent of their gardens.

From Washington Post

It was directly below the boy who sat astraddle of the projecting log, and a little farther downstream.

From Project Gutenberg

One of the boys, named Gene, big-limbed, loose-jointed and clumsy, in doing his turn, and while astraddle the “frog,” lost his balance and tumbled sideways, dragging the under boy over with him.

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Having careered, plunging and tugging and side-stepping, until she was astraddle of the outside trace, Jenny stopped.

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Lady Kendover hastily called off her young niece; and Juliet, sighing crossed over the room, to take charge of the little boy, who was sitting astraddle out of one of the windows.

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