noun
Meaning 1
A blow with a cudgel or stick.
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Standard Lemma guide
bastinado
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rhymes with -ɑːdəʊ
noun
Meaning 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.
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verb
Meaning 3
To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: falanga
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Broader terms: torture, torturing
noun
Meaning 5
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cudgel
verb
Meaning 6
beat somebody on the soles of the feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: beat
History
Etymology
From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).