chiefly historical <主史>
mass noun
- a form of punishment or torture that involves caning the soles of someone's feet（打脚掌的）笞刑。
-oes, -oed
with obj.（一般作be bastinadoed）punish or torture (someone) in such a way对（某人）施以笞刑。
词源
late 16th cent. (denoting a blow with a stick)： from Spanish bastonada, from bastón 'stick， cudgel'， from late Latin bastum 'stick'.