1. [n]  a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
2. [v]  beat somebody on the soles of the feet

1. \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada
   (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or
   staff. See {Baston}.]
   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.
   

2. \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
   To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
   the feet.
   

beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev. 19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).