How to pronounce “bastinado”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A blow with a cudgel or stick.
• 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.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

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