bastinado

Alternative forms

 * bastonade
 * bastonade

Etymology
From (compare 🇨🇬), from.

Noun

 * 1) A blow with a cudgel or stick.
 * 2) Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
 * 1) Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.

Verb

 * 1)  To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.