Bastinado - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌbæstɪˈnɑːdəʊ|
Brit.
|ˌbæstɪˈneɪdəʊ|
noun
- a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
- a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
- a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
verb
- beat somebody on the soles of the feet
Extra examples
...the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado...
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