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bastinado

Pronunciation: /ˌbastɪˈneɪdəʊ, -ˈnɑːdəʊ/

Definition of bastinado

noun

[mass noun]
  • a form of punishment or torture that involved caning the soles of someone’s feet.

verb (bastinadoes, bastinadoing, bastinadoed)

[with object]
  • punish or torture (someone) by caning the soles of their feet: if she had been hurt he would have had the slave bastinadoed

Origin:

late 16th century (denoting a blow with a stick): from Spanish bastonada, from bastón 'stick, cudgel', from late Latin bastum 'stick'

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