English

Etymology
Sp. bastonada (confer French bastonnade), from baston a stick or staff.

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2. 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
en-verb|bastinados|bastinadoing|bastinadoed

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

References
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