Word of the Day – Bastinado

Bastinado (noun)

bas-tin-ay-do

A form of torture or punishment that involves caning the soles of the feet.

Late 16th century (denoting a blow with a stick): from Spanish bastonada, from bastón ‘stick, cudgel’, from late Latin bastum ‘stick’.

Example sentences

“Bastinado as punishment dates back hundreds of years through history.”