belammed

Verb

belam (third-person singular simple present belams, present participle belamming, simple past and past participle belammed)

1. (UK, dated, dialectal, transitive) To beat or bang.
   • he unjoynted the spondyles or knuckles of the neck , disfigured their chaps , gashed their faces , made their cheeks hang flapping on their chin , and so swinged and belammed them , that they fell down before him1653, François Rabelais, “Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes”, in W. Heath Robinson, transl., The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, page 83