Bastinade Definition

noun

A blow with a stick or cudgel.

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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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verb
To beat in this manner.
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Origin of Bastinade

  • From French bastonnade

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