bastinado

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-.]

a beating with a stick or cudgel

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

The act of walking on wood without exertion.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

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The verb bastinado has one meaning:

Meaning #1: beat somebody on the soles of the feet

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