bastinado.
A blow with a cudgel or stick.
Meaning & usage
A blow with a cudgel or stick.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).
To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
Where this word comes from
From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).
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