plural bastinadoes or bastinades
Definition of bastinado
(Entry 1 of 2)
bastinado
verb
bastinadoed; bastinadoing
Definition of bastinado (Entry 2 of 2)
: to subject to repeated blows
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The first known use of bastinado was in 1572
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