Definition of bastinado Bastinado

bas•ti•na•do

We found 12 definitions of bastinado from 6 different sources.

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What does bastinado mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: bastinadoes

bastinado - a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
  cudgel a club that is used as a weapon
bastinado - a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
  falanga

Verb

bastinadoes, bastinadoing, bastinadone  

bastinado - beat somebody on the soles of the feet
  beat come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • bastinado (Noun)
    A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  • bastinado (Noun)
    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.
  • bastinado (Verb)
    To punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • bastinado (n.)
    A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  • bastinado (n.)
    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.
  • bastinado (v. t.)
    To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • bastinado
    bast-in-ād′o, v.t. to beat with a baton or stick, esp. on the soles of the feet (a form of punishment in the East):—pr.p. bastinād′ing or bastinād′oing; pa.p. bastinād′ed or bastinād′oed.—ns. Bastinade′, Bastinād′o. [Sp. bastonada, Fr. bastonnadebaston, bâton. See Baton.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • bastinado
    A punishment among the Turkish soldiers, which is performed by beating them with a cane or flat of a sword on the soles of their feet. Bastinado

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