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bastinado

American  
[bas-tuh-ney-doh, -nah-doh] / ˌbæs təˈneɪ doʊ, -ˈnɑ doʊ /

noun

plural

bastinadoes

  1. a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

  2. a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.

  3. a stick or cudgel.

verb (used with object)

bastinadoed, bastinadoing

  1. to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

bastinado British  
/ ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ /

noun

  1. punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick

  2. a blow or beating with a stick

  3. a stick; cudgel

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verb

  1. to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unbastinadoed adjective

Etymology

Origin of bastinado

1570–80; earlier bastanado < Spanish bastonada ( bastón stick ( baton ) + -ada -ade 1 )

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