A punishment or torture performed by beating the bottom of the feet with a stick.
Of Spanish origin.
This word appears several times in the Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights.
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Re: bastinado
Well, it would be interesting to find out why a word that comes from a root simply meaning stick came to be a form of torture by beating the soles or the bottom, but how might we be able to make use of it in today's world? Unless one is into BDSM, or works for the CIA, I don't see a use.
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Re: bastinado
Slava: metaphorically. "I am getting ready to retire, work has become a daily bastinado."
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Re: bastinado
I'm sure the history has at least 50 shades of gray.
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