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Bastinado

nounid 15449·updated May 18, 2026
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a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

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Variants

synonym
falanga
plural
Bastinados
possessive
Bastinado's
pluralpossessive
Bastinados'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
§2
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

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