Definitions for: Bastinado

[n] a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
[v] beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Webster (1913) Definition: Bas`ti*na"do, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada
(cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or
staff. See Baston.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.

2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
feet.

Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet.

See Also: beat, cudgel

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