'Bastinado' definitions:
Definition of 'bastinado'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
noun
A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels [syn: bastinado, falanga]
verb
Beat somebody on the soles of the feet
Definition of 'Bastinado'
From: GCIDE
- Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[^a]ton) a stick or staff. See Baston.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bastinado'
From: GCIDE
- Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bastinado'
From: Easton
- Bastinado beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev. 19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).