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Word: Bastinado
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (denoting a blow with a stick): from Spanish bastonada, from bastón ‘stick, cudgel’, from late Latin bastum ‘stick’
bastɪˈnɑːdəʊ
bastɪˈneɪdəʊ
a form of punishment or torture that involved caning the soles of someone's feet.
Short Definition:form of punishment or torture that involved caning soles of someone's feet
Word: Bastinado
Speech Type: Verb
bastɪˈnɑːdəʊ
bastɪˈneɪdəʊ
punish or torture (someone) by caning the soles of their feet
Short Definition:punish or torture someone in such way
Examples:- the prisoners were bastinadoed frequently in his presence
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