Definition of Bastinado

1. Noun. A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet.

Generic synonyms: Cudgel

2. Verb. Beat somebody on the soles of the feet.
Generic synonyms: Beat

3. Noun. A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels.
Exact synonyms: Falanga
Generic synonyms: Torture, Torturing

Definition of Bastinado

1. n. A blow with a stick or cudgel.

2. v. t. To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

Definition of Bastinado

1. [v -DOED, -DOING, -DOES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastinado

Bastedo's sign
baster
basters
bastes
bastide
bastides
bastile
bastiles
bastille
bastilles
Bastille Day
bastinade
bastinaded
bastinades
bastinading
bastinado (current term)
bastinadoed
bastinadoes
bastinadoing
basting
bastings
bastion
bastioned
bastions
bastle
bastles
bastnaesite
bastnasite
basto
bastos

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