Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada
(cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or
staff. See {Baston}.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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.
Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet.
Source : WordNet®
bastinadoes
See {bastinado}
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)]