bastinado

[ bas-tuh-ney-doh, -nah-doh ]
/ ˌbæs təˈneɪ doʊ, -ˈnɑ doʊ /
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noun, plural bas·ti·na·does.

a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.
a stick or cudgel.

verb (used with object), bas·ti·na·doed, bas·ti·na·do·ing.

to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

Origin of bastinado

1570–80; earlier bastanado < Spanish bastonada ( bastón stick (see baton) + -ada -ade1)

OTHER WORDS FROM bastinado

un·bas·ti·na·doed, adjective

Words nearby bastinado

bastian, bastide, bastille, bastille day, bastinade, bastinado, basting, bastion, bastnaesite, bastogne, bastrop

Words related to bastinado

truncheon, nightstick, mace, bat, cane, club, rod, bludgeon, switch, stick, paddle, sap, blackjack, ferule, shillelagh, cosh, billy, birch, shill, spontoon

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British Dictionary definitions for bastinado

bastinado
/ (ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ) /

noun plural -does

punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
a blow or beating with a stick
a stick; cudgel

verb -does, -doing or -doed (tr)

to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet

Word Origin for bastinado

C16: from Spanish bastonada, from baston stick, from Late Latin bastum see baton