[bas.ti.na.do] or bas.ti.nade n, pl -na.does or -nades [Sp bastonada, fr. baston stick, fr. LL bastum] (1572) 1: a blow with a stick or cudgel
2. a: a beating esp. with a stick b: a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick
3: stick, cudgel
[2]bastinado vt -doed ; -do.ing (1599): to subject to repeated blows