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BASTINADO
bastinado, falanga
(noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
bastinado
(noun) a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
bastinado
(verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bastinado (plural bastinadoes)
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick: a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
Verb
bastinado (third-person singular simple present bastinadoes, present participle bastinadoing, simple past and past participle bastinadoed)
(transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
Source: Wiktionary
Bas`ti*na"do, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. Etym: [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b) a stick or staff. See Baston.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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.
Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
Definition: To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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