bastinado

== English == === Alternative forms === bastinade bastonade === Etymology === From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ === Noun === bastinado (plural bastinadoes) A blow with a cudgel or stick. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot. === Verb === bastinado (third-person singular simple present bastinadoes, present participle bastinadoing, simple past and past participle bastinadoed) (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon. === References === “bastinado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.