bastinado

bas·ti·na·do  (bst-nd, -nä-) also bas·ti·nade (-nd, -näd)

n. pl. bas·ti·na·does also bas·ti·nades

1. A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

2. A stick or cudgel.

tr.v. bas·ti·na·doed also bas·ti·nad·ed, bas·ti·na·do·ing also bas·ti·nad·ing, bas·ti·na·does also bas·ti·nades

To subject to a beating; thrash.

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[Alteration of Spanish bastonada, from baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bast, *bastn-.]

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bastinado [ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ]

n pl -does

1. punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick

2. a blow or beating with a stick

3. a stick; cudgel

vb -does, -doing, -doed (tr)

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

[from Spanish bastonada, from baston stick, from Late Latin bastum see baton]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bastinado - a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet cudgel - a club that is used as a weapon
	2.	bastinado - a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels falanga torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
Verb	1.	bastinado - beat somebody on the soles of the feet beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"