1. A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
   "bastinado can cause severe long-term damage to the feet";
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2. A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
   "The cruel punishment involved the use of a bastinado"

1. Beat somebody on the soles of the feet
   "The prisoner was bastinadoed as a form of torture"

Derived forms: bastinadoing, bastinadoes, bastinadoed

Type of: beat, cudgel, torture, torturing

Encyclopedia: Bastinado