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Added 10 October 2026

bastinade

noun

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A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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.

verb

To beat in this manner.

Origin

From French bastonnade.

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