Bastinade

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA blow with a stick or cudgel.

2.NounA 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.

3.VerbTo beat in this manner.

Synonyms

cudgelling cudgeling bace fustigation battering stound caning battement stickfighting boot flogging buffet

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