Bestrode
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
to step over or across with long strides.
to stand or tower over; dominate.
Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
Boscobel: or, the royal oak William Harrison Ainsworth
Bardelys the Magnificent Rafael Sabatini
Dick Merriwell Abroad Burt L. Standish
Nicanor – Teller of Tales C. Bryson Taylor
The History of Margaret Catchpole Richard Cobbold
The Bill-Toppers Andre Castaigne
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Various
verb (transitive) -strides, -striding, -strode (archaic) -strid, -stridden, (archaic) -strid
to have or put a leg on either side of
to extend across; span
to stride over or across
v.
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