bas·ti·na·do (băs'tə-nā'dō, -nä'-) also bas·ti·nade (-nād', -näd')
n., pl., -does, also -nades.

1. A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
2. A stick or cudgel.

tr.v., -doed, also -nad·ed, -do·ing, -nad·ing, -does, -nades.
To subject to a beating; thrash.

[Alteration of Spanish bastonada, from baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōn-.]

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