bastinado
a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.
a stick or cudgel.
to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
Origin of bastinado
1Other words from bastinado
- un·bas·ti·na·doed, adjective
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How to use bastinado in a sentence
We had, also, to reckon with the new danger that bastinado floggings might persuade the Greek into betraying us.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan BottHe decreed the estate to the cousin, and consoled the other for his loss by inflicting the bastinado.
Signor me no signors, nor casa me no casas: but get you hence, or you are like to taste of the bastinado.
And we saw a Turkish soldier punished with the bastinado,—a sight which did not do me any good, and which made Smith very sick.
A Ride across Palestine | Anthony TrollopeWill not that trumpery colonel make up his mind to start soon, if he is so ready to give the bastinado to poor folk?
The Gold-Seekers | Gustave Aimard
British Dictionary definitions for bastinado
/ (ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ) /
punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
a blow or beating with a stick
a stick; cudgel
to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet
Origin of bastinado
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