B — Besieging to Bestride (Part 7 of 7)

1. To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

That horse that thou so often hast bestrid.
Shak.

Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus.
Shak.

2. To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold.