bastinade (English, noun)
expansion: bastinade (plural bastinades)
Senses:
glosses: A blow with a stick or cudgel.
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: bastinades
tags: plural
form: bastinado
tags: alternative