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bastinado en · NOUN

Etymology

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

Meanings

1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.
   • [H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados. c. 1607–1621 (date written), [Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of France, and His Brother Theodoret. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1621, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature E, recto:
2. Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
bastinade		alternative	lexicographic
bastinadoes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

bastinado en · VERB

Etymology

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
bastinade		alternative	lexicographic
bastinadoing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
bastinadoed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
bastinadoed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
bastinadoes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic