See Also: bastinado(dictionary)

bastinado (iou)



bastinado noun & verb. L16.
[Spanish bastonada, from baston stick, cudgel: see BATON noun, -ADO.]
A. noun. Pl. -o(e)s.
A blow with a stick or cudgel, esp. one on the soles of the feet. arch. L16.
a. A beating with a stick, a cudgelling. arch. L16.
b. spec. (Punishment or torture involving) a caning on the soles of the feet. E18.
A stick, staff, truncheon, or similar instrument. L16.
b. verb trans.
Beat with a stick; thrash. arch. E17.
spec. Beat or cane on the soles of the feet. L17.