tailorwise

He sat tailorwise in the sand, with his coffee-pot on the coals, his supper ready to hand in the frying-pan, and himself in a mood for talk.

The Land of Little Rain 1903

She brings us braziers to warm our fingers and wadded rugs to sit upon, tailorwise, and serves us delicious tea, sugarless and straw-colored, in tiny cups without handles, and bowls of rice across which are laid crisp, freshly broiled eels – a delightful dish that we eat with polished black chopsticks.

In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World 1891

"I thank you," said Kentish, seating himself tailorwise within arm's length of Stingaree's spurs.

Stingaree 1893

Boris was seated tailorwise on the ground a little way off.

Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World L. T. Meade 1884