baculine

English

Etymology

Latin baculum (“staff”).

Adjective

baculine (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.

   baculine discipline

   baculine blows

References

• “baculine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.