BASTINADO

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A blow with a stick or cudgel.

2.
n.

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.

3.
v.

To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

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