English Explanatory Dictionary

bastinade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
verb
  1. To beat in this manner.

Word forms

bastinade bastinades bastinado bastinading bastinaded

Etymology

From French bastonnade.

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