English Explanatory Dictionary

bastinado

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.
  2. 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.
verb
  1. To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

Word forms

bastinado bastinadoes bastinade bastinadoing bastinadoed

Etymology

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

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