bastinado

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noun

bas·ti·na·do ˌba-stə-ˈnā-(ˌ)dō

-ˈnä-

variants or bastinade

ˌba-stə-ˈnād

-ˈnäd

plural bastinadoes or bastinades

Synonyms of bastinado next

: a blow with a stick or cudgel

: a beating especially with a stick

: a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick

: stick, cudgel

bastinado

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verb

bastinadoed; bastinadoing

transitive verb

: to subject to repeated blows

Examples of bastinado in a Sentence

Noun the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Spanish bastonada, from bastón stick, from Late Latin bastum

First Known Use

Noun

1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1601, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of bastinado was in 1572

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“Bastinado.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bastinado. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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