Bastinado
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bastinado is a noun meaning A blow with a cudgel or stick.
Meaning
A blow with a cudgel or stick.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
- Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
Example Sentences
[H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.
Word Forms
- bastinadoes
- bastinade
- bastinadoing
- bastinadoed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bastinade, cudgelling, cudgeling, battering, caning, fustigation.
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