striding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of stride

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of one who strides; a long step.

   “How broad, amid those pines, the torch-flame red / Flings its dark flashes; and those steps, that fall, / Heavy, and slow, no voice amid their call, / Sound, like the giant-stridings of the dead!”

2. (uncountable)A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being planted to provide a location to apply force.