1. beating someone on the soles of the feet as a form of punishment or torture
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The guards were bastinadoing the prisoner to extract information.
• Historical accounts describe soldiers bastinadoing captives during interrogations.
• The practice of bastinadoing was common in certain military punishments.
• Ancient texts mention bastinadoing as a method of discipline.
• The torturer was bastinadoing the victim with a wooden rod.