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.
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)]