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Straddling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Standing or walking with the legs far apart; placing one leg on one side and the other on the other.

Straddling [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.

Straddling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913