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Definitions for bastinado
ˌbæs təˈneɪ doʊ, -ˈnɑ doʊbasti·na·do

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bastinadonoun

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

  2. bastinado, falangaverb

    a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

  3. bastinadoverb

    beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Wiktionary

  1. bastinadonoun

    A blow with a stick or cudgel.

  2. bastinadonoun

    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.

  3. bastinadoverb

    To punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

  4. Etymology: bastonada (confer French bastonnade), from baston.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bastinade, Bastinadonoun

    Etymology: bastonnade, Fr.

    But this courtesy was worse than a bastinado to Zelmane; so that again, with rageful eyes, she bad him defend himself. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    And all those harsh and rugged sounds
    Of bastinados, cuts and wounds. Hudibras.

  2. To Bastinade, To Bastinadoverb

    To beat; to give the bastinado.

    Etymology: from the noun; bastonner, Fr.

    Nick seized the longer end of the cudgel, and with it began to bastinado old Lewis, who had slunk into a corner, waiting the event of the squabble. John Arbuthnot, History of J. Bull.

Wikipedia

  1. bastinado

    Foot whipping, falanga/falaka or bastinado is a method of inflicting pain and humiliation by administering a beating on the soles of a person's bare feet. Unlike most types of flogging, it is meant more to be painful than to cause actual injury to the victim. Blows are generally delivered with a light rod, knotted cord, or lash.The receiving person is forced to be barefoot and soles of the feet are placed in an exposed position. The beating is typically performed with an object like a cane or switch. The strokes are usually aimed at the arches of the feet and repeated a certain number of times. Bastinado is also referred to as foot (bottom) caning or sole caning, depending on the instrument in use. The German term is Bastonade, deriving from the Italian noun bastonata (stroke with the use of a stick). In former times it was also referred to as Sohlenstreich (corr. striking the soles). The Chinese term is dǎ jiǎoxīn (打脚心 / 打腳心).

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  1. bastinado

    Bastinado refers to a form of punishment or torture, often used in the Middle East and Asia, which involves the beatings of the soles of a person's feet with a stick, cane or similar instrument. It was notable because the soles of the feet are highly sensitive, so the pain from this punishment could be intense.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bastinadonoun

    a blow with a stick or cudgel

  2. Bastinadonoun

    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

  3. Bastinadoverb

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bastinado

    bast-in-ād′o, v.t. to beat with a baton or stick, esp. on the soles of the feet (a form of punishment in the East):—pr.p. bastinād′ing or bastinād′oing; pa.p. bastinād′ed or bastinād′oed.—ns. Bastinade′, Bastinād′o. [Sp. bastonada, Fr. bastonnadebaston, bâton. See Baton.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. bastinado

    A punishment among the Turkish soldiers, which is performed by beating them with a cane or flat of a sword on the soles of their feet.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bastinado in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bastinado in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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