Bastinado

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bastinado
       n : a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
           feet
       v : beat somebody on the soles of the feet
       [also: {bastinadoes} (pl)]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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).
     

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  BASTINADO, n.  The act of walking on wood without exertion.