Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of
      a wagon wheel where they join the hub.