spread-eagled

Variant of spread eagle

spread eagle definition

spread eagle

  1. the figure of an eagle with wings and legs spread, used as an emblem of the U.S.
  2. something suggesting this, as an acrobatic figure in fancy skating

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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