bastinado

English Thesaurus

1. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels (noun.act)

hypernym	:	torture, torturing,
definition	:	the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason (noun.act)

2. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cudgel,
definition	:	a club that is used as a weapon (noun.artifact)

3. beat somebody on the soles of the feet (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	beat,
definition	:	hit repeatedly (verb.contact)

4. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bastinado,
definition	:	beat somebody on the soles of the feet (verb.contact)

5. beat somebody on the soles of the feet (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bastinado,
definition	:	a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet (noun.artifact)

6. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bastinado,
definition	:	beat somebody on the soles of the feet (verb.contact)

7. beat somebody on the soles of the feet (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bastinado,
definition	:	a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet (noun.artifact)