Associations to the word «Bastinado»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BASTINADO, noun. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
BASTINADO, noun. Beating the soles of the feet with a stick: a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries.
BASTINADO, verb. (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
Dictionary definition
BASTINADO, noun. A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet.
BASTINADO, noun. A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels.
BASTINADO, verb. Beat somebody on the soles of the feet.
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