bastinado
1 of 2noun
bas·ti·na·do ˌba-stə-ˈnā-(ˌ)dō 
-ˈnä-
-ˈnä- variants or bastinade
ˌba-stə-ˈnād
-ˈnäd
plural bastinadoes or bastinades
1
: a blow with a stick or cudgel
2
a
: a beating especially with a stick
b
: a punishment consisting of beating the soles of the feet with a stick
3
: stick, cudgel
bastinado
2 of 2verb
bastinadoed; bastinadoing
transitive verb
: to subject to repeated blows
Synonyms
Noun
- bat
- baton
- billy
- billy club
- bludgeon
- cane
- club
- cudgel
- nightstick
- rod
- rung [Scottish]
- sap
- shillelagh
- shillalah
- staff
- truncheon
- waddy [Australian]
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Example Sentences
Noun the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Spanish bastonada, from bastón stick, from Late Latin bastum
First Known Use
Noun
1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1601, in the meaning defined above
bastinadoes
noun
variants or bastinades
as in batons
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado Synonyms & Similar Words
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- batons
- billy clubs
- shillalahs
- canes
- waddies
- staves
- bats
- hammers
- rods
- shillelaghs
- nightsticks
- cudgels
- bludgeons
- billies
- knobkerries
- staffs
- mallets
- saps
- truncheons
- clubs
- staves
- birches
- rungs
- crooks
- mauls
- maces
- hickories
- walking sticks
- beetles
- crosiers
- rattans
- blackjacks
- switches
- sledgehammers
- whangees
- crabsticks
- gavels
- croziers
