bastinado

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12
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14
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9

Definition of bastinado

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.
    “[H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.”
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noun

  1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.
    “[H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.”
  2. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.

verb

  1. (transitive)To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

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