stridelegs

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• stride-legs

Adverb

stridelegs (not comparable)

1. (Scotland) Astride.
   • 1896, James Matthew Barrie, Sentimental Tommy, pages 160–161:

     So he stood stridelegs over Francie, who whimpered, "I wouldna have struck this one if that one hadna prayed for me. It wasna likely I would stand that."

   • 1917, May Sinclair, The Tree of Heaven, page 91:

     Dorothy rode my bike stridelegs coming back, so that I could sit in the dog-cart.

Etymology 2

Verb

stridelegs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strideleg