bastinadoing

Variant of bastinado

bastinado definition

bas·ti·nado (bas′tə näd′ō, -nā′dō)

noun pl. bastinadoes -·does

  1. a beating or blow with a stick, usually on the soles of the feet, esp. as a method of punishment
  2. a rod, stick, or cudgel
Also bastinade bas′·ti·nade′ (-nād′)

Etymology: Sp bastonada < bastón, a stick

transitive verb bastinadoed -·doed, bastinadoing -·do·ing

to inflict the bastinado on

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