Bastinado
Bastinado ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Sp. bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (compare French bâton) a stick or staff. See Baston.]
1.
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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.
Bastinado ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.