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bastinado

bas·ti·nado

uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

verb

1.

beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Origin

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

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