bastinade

Meanings

Noun

  • 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.

Verb

  • To beat in this manner.

Origin

  • From French bastonnade

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