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bastinado
noun pl. bastinadoes
- a beating or blow with a stick, usually on the soles of the feet, esp. as a method of punishment
- a rod, stick, or cudgel
Also bastinade
transitive verb bastinadoed, bastinadoing
to inflict the bastinado on
See bastinado in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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