bastinado

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Etymology[edit]

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (a stick or staff).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bastinado (plural bastinadoes)

  1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.
  2. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.

Verb[edit]

bastinado (third-person singular simple present bastinadoes, present participle bastinadoing, simple past and past participle bastinadoed)

  1. (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

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