bastinado
noun
a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
bastinadoes
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pluralof bastinado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Brother Northcutt turns out his masked inquisitors, and Nessie not being found, the bastinadoes of righteousness descend upon Abner when he returns to marry the girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
And further, he may regale us with tales of hair shirts and bastinadoes suffered by him in the Republic.
From Nonsenseorship by G. G. Putnam
Having no straps, the solid sole of the sandal flaps up and mildly bastinadoes the wearer every step that is taken.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
As a reprisal for this disturbance, the Austrian Government, not content with executions and bastinadoes, decreed the sequestration of the lands of those Lombard emigrants who had become naturalised in Piedmont.
From Cavour by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
