Australian English Meaning of bastinado

bastinado

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Definitions and Meaning of bastinado in English

Wordnet

bastinado (n)

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

Wordnet

bastinado (v)

beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Webster

bastinado (n.)

A blow with a stick or cudgel.

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.

Webster

bastinado (v. t.)

To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

FAQs About the word bastinado

bastinado

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, beat somebo

Baton,stick,bat,Billy,billy club,Birch,bludgeon,bludgeon,hammer,Mace

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bastinade => bastinado, bastille day => Bastille Day, bastille => Bastille, bastile bastille => Bastille Bastille, baster => baster,