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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bas·ti·na·do n.; pl. Bastinadoes
 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
 2. 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bastinadoes
      See bastinado

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bastinado
      n : a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
          feet
      v : beat somebody on the soles of the feet
      [also: bastinadoes (pl)]