BASTINADE

Etymology

Noun

bastinade (plural bastinades)

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.

Verb

bastinade (third-person singular simple present bastinades, present participle bastinading, simple past and past participle bastinaded)

To beat in this manner.

Anagrams

• abstained

Source: Wiktionary

Bas`ti*nade", n.

Definition: See Bastinado, n.

Bas`ti*nade", v. t.

Definition: To bastinado. [Archaic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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