Meaning of astraddle of | Babel Free

Definitions

In a straddling position on.

Examples

“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.”

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