| English noun: bastinado | |||
| 1. | bastinado (artifact) a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cudgel | ||
| 2. | bastinado (act) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | ||
| Synonyms | falanga | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | torture, torturing | ||
| English verb: bastinado | |||
| 1. | bastinado (contact) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat | ||