bastinading
/ˈbæstɪneɪdɪŋ/
noun
- A form of punishment or torture in which the soles of a person's feet are beaten with a stick or rod.
- The cruel practice of bastinading was once used as a punishment in some parts of the world.
- Historical records describe bastinading as a brutal method of extracting confessions.
- The prisoner feared bastinading more than any other form of torture.
verb
- To punish or torture someone by beating the soles of their feet with a stick or rod.
- The novel describes a scene where the villain threatens to bastinade the hero.
- The guards would bastinade prisoners who tried to escape.
- In ancient times, some rulers ordered their soldiers to bastinade disobedient subjects.