bastinado
[noun]
Synonyms: blow, bash, bat, crack, pound, smack, smash, thwack, wallop, whack

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bastinado noun & verb. [bastɪ'neɪdǝʊ] L16.
[Spanish bastonada, from bastón stick, cudgel: see BATON noun, -ADO.]
A. noun. Pl. -o(e)s.
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel, esp. one on the soles of the feet. arch. L16.

2. a. A beating with a stick, a cudgelling. arch. L16.
b. spec. (Punishment or torture involving) a caning on the soles of the feet. E18.

3. A stick, staff, truncheon, or similar instrument. L16.
b. verb trans.
1. Beat with a stick; thrash. arch. E17.

2. spec. Beat or cane on the soles of the feet. L17.

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