[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

straddle \strad"dle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. straddled; p. pr. 
   vb. n. straddling. freq. from the root of stride.
   1. to part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs
      far apart.
      1913 webster

   2. to stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of
      a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
      1913 webster
see also:
straddled straddling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

straddling \strad"dling\, a.
   applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two
   circles in the hub. see straddle, v. i., and straddle, v.
   t., 3. --knight.
   1913 webster
see also:
straddle 

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