bastinado

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English - English
To punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon
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
{i} blow, beating (on the buttocks or soles of the feet); stick, rod, cudgel
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet beat somebody on the soles of the feet
{f} blow or beat with a club; punish by beating on the soles of the feet with a stick
To punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, usign a stick or truncheon
Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
beat somebody on the soles of the feet
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel
bastinade
bastinado

    Hyphenation

    bas·ti·na·do

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Spanish bastonada (confer French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).
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