Bestride
Bestride ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon bestrīdan; pref. be- + strīdan to stride.]
1.
To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over [Obsolete or Rare]
That horse that thou so often hast bestrid.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus.
2.
To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.