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bastinado Definition


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bastinado
noun
    bastinadoes
    1. Beating of the soles of the feet with a stick as a form of torture or punishment.
verb
    bastinadoed, bastinadoing
    1. To beat someone on the soles of the feet with a stick.
Etymology: 16c: from Spanish bastonada, from bastón a stick.



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