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English

Alternative forms

bastinade

Etymology

(confer French ), from {{term|baston||a stick or staff}}.

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɑːdəʊ|-ɑːdəʊ

Noun

A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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

To punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, usign a stick or truncheon.

References

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada
(cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[^a]ton) a stick or
staff. See Baston.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
[1913 Webster]

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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet.
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WordNet bastinado
n : a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
feet
v : beat somebody on the soles of the feet
[also: bastinadoes (pl)]

Bastinado beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev. 19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).

BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.