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bastinado
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:58 pm
by eberntson
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.
Re: bastinado
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:20 pm
by Slava
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.
Anyone?
Re: bastinado
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:44 am
by William Hupy
Slava: metaphorically. "I am getting ready to retire, work has become a daily bastinado."
Re: bastinado
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 12:18 pm
by eberntson
I'm sure the history has at least 50 shades of gray.