bastinado

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bastinado
    n 1: a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
         feet
    2: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten
       with whips or cudgels [syn: {bastinado}, {falanga}]
    v 1: beat somebody on the soles of the feet

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada
   (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[^a]ton) a stick or
   staff. See {Baston}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
      form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
      consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
      feet.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
   To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
   the feet.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

BASTINADO, n.  The act of walking on wood without exertion.

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Bastinado
beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred
to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev.
19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could
not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).

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