Definition of bastinados Bastinados
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What does bastinados mean?
Wiktionary 
- bastinados (Noun)
Plural of bastinado.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: bastinadoes |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- 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 š
- 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 š
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bastinado
bast-in-Ädā²o, v.t. to beat with a baton or stick, esp. on the soles of the feet (a form of punishment in the East):āpr.p. bastinÄdā²ing or bastinÄdā²oing; pa.p. bastinÄdā²ed or bastinÄdā²oed.āns. Bastinadeā², BastinÄdā²o. [Sp. bastonada, Fr. bastonnadeābaston, bĆ¢ton. See Baton.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer š„
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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.
Part of speech
š¤- bastinado, verb, present, 1st person singular of bastinado (infinitive).
- bastinado, verb (infinitive).
- bastinado, noun, singular of bastinadoes / bastinados.
