Bastinado (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural bas·ti·na·does.
  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.
verb (used with object), bas·ti·na·doed, bas·ti·na·do·ing.
  1. to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
noun plural -does
  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
verb -does, -doing or -doed (tr)
  1. to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet
Bastinado (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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