bastinado

bastinado
[ˌbastɪˈneɪdəʊ, -ˈnɑːdəʊ]
(chiefly historical)(主 史)
noun
  1. [mass noun]a form of punishment or torture that involves caning the soles of someone's feet
    （打脚掌的）笞刑
(-oes, -oed)
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be bastinadoed)punish or torture (someone) in such a way
    对（某人）施以笞刑
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (denoting a blow with a stick): from Spanish bastonada, from bastón 'stick, cudgel', from late Latin bastum 'stick'
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