1. a punishment involving beating the soles of the feet with a stick or rod
Usage: historical

1. to beat the soles of the feet as punishment
Usage: historical

Examples

• The prisoner was sentenced to receive the bastinade.
• Historical records describe the bastinade as a common form of corporal punishment.
• The guards would bastinade prisoners who attempted to escape.
• In some cultures, the bastinade was considered a humane alternative to other punishments.
• The practice of bastinade has been abolished in most modern legal systems.
• Ancient texts mention officials who would bastinade tax evaders.