adv. [ Pref. a- + straddle. ] In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. räder, rädel, sieve, or perhaps E. reed. ] 1. A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To interweave or twist together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Raddling or working it up like basket work. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Ruddle. ] A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle. “A raddle of rouge.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle. “Whitened and raddled old women.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a “put” and a “call, ” i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [ Broker's Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]