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English
Etymology
From baston, early spelling of baton + -ade.
Verb
bastonade (third-person singular simple present bastonades, present participle bastonading, simple past and past participle bastonaded)
- (archaic) To beat a person with a stick, especially on the soles of the feet.
1851, Theodore Dwight, The Roman Republic of 1849:A lady, injured by an Austrian soldier, reproached him, and was bastonaded. Repeating her reproaches while under the bastonado, she was bastonaded more.
Translations
Translations
- Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see bastonada (pl) f (a noun)
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References
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Bastonade”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. , London: C. Chappell, , →OCLC.
Venetan
Noun
bastonade
- plural of bastonada