单词 | rib-basting |
释义 | † rib-bastingn. Obsolete. The act of beating a person severely, esp. on or about the ribs. Cf. earlier rib-baste v., rib-roasting n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > [noun] staving1487 clubbing1593 swaddling1621 rib-basting1659 bludgeon-work1813 coshing1898 pistol-whipping1928 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating with stick, rod, or cane bastinado1572 wanding1585 oil of hazel1604 rodding1616 rib-basting1659 birching1838 tunding1866 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Rifrústo, a swadling or rib-basting with a rod or cudgel. 1874 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 24 June Never young squire got such a rib-basting as Mr. Gresley Barkham did that day from old Ridler. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights Entertainm. (1886) 214 Then they came down on him with a rib-basting which burned him till he cried for mercy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1659 |
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