ASTRIDE

[adverb], preposition - (with one leg or part) on either side (of), or with legs wide apartShe sat proudly astride her new motorbike.(figurative) She sat astride a worldwide business empire.East and West Berliners celebrated astride (= on both sides of) the newly redundant Wall.Brandenburg lies astride the River Havel.Michael Jackson posed provocatively with his legs astride.