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bastinado

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1. bastinado - Noun

2. bastinado - Verb

Meaning

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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