Definition of bastinado

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bas·ti·na·do    (bst-nd, -nä-) KEY   also bas·ti·nade   (-nd, -näd) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. bas·ti·na·does , also bas·ti·nades

1. A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
2. A stick or cudgel.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
bas·ti·na·doed , also bas·ti·nad·ed bas·ti·na·do·ing , bas·ti·nad·ing bas·ti·na·does , bas·ti·nades

To subject to a beating; thrash.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of Spanish bastonada, from baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bast , *bastn-

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