| n. | 1. | |
| 1. | A blow with a stick or cudgel. | |
| 2. | 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. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. |
| Noun | 1. | bastinado - a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
| Verb | 1. | bastinado - beat somebody on the soles of the feet |