Usually means: Stretching limbs out in X-shape.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word spread-eagling:

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  1. spread-eagling: Merriam-Webster
  2. spread-eagling, spread-eagling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spread-eagling: Wiktionary
  4. spread-eagling: Dictionary.com
  5. spread-eagling: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See spread-eagle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spread-eagle)

adjective:  Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
adjective:  (colloquial, humorous) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.
verb:  (transitive) To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.
verb:  (intransitive) To put one's body in a spread eagle.
▸ Also see spread-eagle


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