1 example sentence using bastinado.
Bastinado used in a sentence
Bastinado in a sentence as a noun
My first act as Sheriff will be to install, on the courthouse lawn, a bastinado platform and a set of stocks in order to punish dishonest dope dealers in a proper public fashion.
Bastinado definitions
noun
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
noun
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
See also: falanga
verb
beat somebody on the soles of the feet