noun
- plural of bastinado; punishments involving beating the soles of the feet with a stick or rod
Usage: historical; archaic
verb
- third person singular present of bastinado; beats the soles of the feet as punishment
Usage: historical; archaic
Examples
- The historical records described various bastinadoes used as punishment.
- Ancient legal codes prescribed bastinadoes for certain offenses.
- The guard bastinadoes the prisoner according to the old customs.
- Museums display instruments once used for bastinadoes.
- Historical texts mention bastinadoes as a form of corporal punishment.