bastinado

American  

[bas-tuh-ney-doh, -nah-doh] / ˌbæs təˈneɪ doʊ, -ˈnɑ doʊ /

noun

bastinadoes plural

1. a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

2. a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.

3. a stick or cudgel.

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verb (used with object)

bastinadoed, bastinadoing

1. to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

bastinado British  

/ ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ /

noun

1. punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick

2. a blow or beating with a stick

3. a stick; cudgel

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verb

1. to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet

Other Word Forms

• unbastinadoed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bastinado

1570–80; earlier bastanado < Spanish bastonada ( bastón stick ( see baton) + -ada -ade ¹ )

Example Sentences

And as Bastinado points out AA Gray and Seven-Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles is arguably the best band name ever.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2011

But experiments were difficult, what with the grey Bastinado Brigade in the Squares and Park, and their blue accomplices in the side streets.

From The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients by Hill, Frederick Trevor

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