bastinado

noun

bas·ti·na·do | \ ˌba-stə-ˈnā-(ˌ)dō

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variants: or bastinade \ ˌba-stə-ˈnād

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plural bastinadoes or bastinades

Definition of bastinado

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a blow with a stick or cudgel

2a : a beating especially with a stick

b : a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick

3 : stick, cudgel

bastinado

verb

bastinadoed; bastinadoing

Definition of bastinado (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to subject to repeated blows

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the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado

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