bastinado

bastinado noun: a blow with a cudgel or stick.

Noun

bastinado (plural bastinadoes)

A blow with a cudgel or stick.
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Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.

bastinado (third-person singular simple present bastinadoes, present participle bastinadoing, simple past and past participle bastinadoed)

(transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

গদা, লাঠি দিয়ে আঘাত

Noun
plural	bastinadoes
alternative form	bastinade
Verb
third-person singular present	bastinadoes
present participle	bastinadoing
past participle	bastinadoed
past	bastinadoed

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

What does bastinado mean?: Bastinado means a blow with a cudgel or stick.
What is bastinado in Bengali?: Bastinado in Bengali is গদা, লাঠি দিয়ে আঘাত. See Bastinado meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is bastinado?: Bastinado can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of bastinado?: The plural of bastinado is bastinadoes.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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