ALL meanings of bastinado
bas·ti·na·do
B b - noun bastinado punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick 3
- noun bastinado a blow or beating with a stick 3
- noun bastinado a stick; cudgel 3
- verb bastinado to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet 3
- noun bastinado a beating or blow with a stick, usually on the soles of the feet, esp. as a method of punishment 3
- noun bastinado a rod, stick, or cudgel 3
- verb transitive bastinado to inflict the bastinado on 3
- noun bastinado A form of punishment or torture that involves caning the soles of someone’s feet. 1
- noun plural bastinado a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks. 1
- noun plural bastinado a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc. 1
- noun plural bastinado a stick or cudgel. 1
- verb with object bastinado to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks. 1
- noun bastinado A blow with a stick or cudgel. 0
- noun bastinado Beating the soles of the feet with a stick: a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. 0
- verb bastinado (Transitive Verb) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon. 0