Bastinado

·noun A blow with a stick or cudgel.

II. Bastinado ·vt To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

III. Bastinado ·noun A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.