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Word: bastinado (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  • 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.

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Verb:

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

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