Found 2 items, similar to bastinado.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bastinado bastinado n : a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet v : beat somebody on the soles of the feet [also: bastinadoes (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bastinado Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[^a]ton) a stick or staff. See Baston.] [1913 Webster] 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. [1913 Webster]