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Is the term, "spread eagle", the best way to describe someone with their legs wide open for sex on their back (gay or straight)?

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Is the term, "spread eagle", the best way to describe someone with their legs wide open for sex on their back (gay or straight)?

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C4LEB
2 years ago

spread-eagle (n.)

literally "splayed eagle," 1560s, a heraldic term, from past-participle adjective of spread (v.). Meaning "person secured with arms and legs stretched out" (originally to be flogged) is attested from 1785.


 •  https://www.etymonline.com/word/spread-eagle#etymonline_v_24405