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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Bastinado

· Bas·ti·na·do · IPA
01 n. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
pl. Bastinadoes
  1. 1.
    A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  2. 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.
02 v. t. To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing
  1. 1.
    To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.