bastinade

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12
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9

Definition of bastinade

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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noun

  1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  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.
    “Rudely forced to drink tea, Massachusetts in anger Spills the tea on John Bull—John falls on to bang her; Massachusetts, enraged, calls her neighbors to aid And give Master John a severe bastinade. Now, good men of the law, pray who is in fault, The one who begins or resists the assault?”

verb

  1. To beat in this manner.

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Etymology

From French bastonnade.

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