rittlings
German
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- riding or sitting on something, usually astride, thus with one’s legs hanging on either side
- Die Mädchen ließen sich rittlings auf dem Baumstamm ins Dorf tragen.
- The girls had themselves carried to the village sitting (astride) on the tree trunk.
Further reading
edit- “rittlings” in Duden online