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bastinado

noun

Etymology

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

  1. borrowed from bastonada

Definitions

  1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.

    • [H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.

  2. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used…

    Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.

  3. To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA