Bastinado Definition

băstə-nādō, -nä-

bastinadoed, bastinadoes, bastinadoing

noun

bastinadoes

A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

American Heritage

A beating or blow with a stick, usually on the soles of the feet, esp. as a method of punishment.

Webster's New World

A stick or cudgel.

American Heritage

A rod, stick, or cudgel.

Webster's New World

A blow with a stick or cudgel.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

bastinadoed, bastinadoing

To subject to a beating; thrash.

American Heritage

To inflict the bastinado on.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bastinado

Singular:

bastinado

Plural:

bastinadoes, bastinados

Alteration of Spanish bastonada from baston stick from Vulgar Latin bastō *bastōn-

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Spanish bastonada (confer French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

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