BASTINADO


Meaning of BASTINADO in English

/bas'teuh nay"doh, -nah"doh/ , n. , pl. bastinadoes , v. , bastinadoed, bastinadoing .

n.

1. a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

2. a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.

3. a stick or cudgel.

v.t.

4. to beat with a stick, cane, etc., esp. on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.

[ 1570-80; earlier bastanado bastonada ( bastón stick (see BATON) + -ada -ADE 1 ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .