bastinado

noun

1. A blow with a cudgel or stick.

   [H]e is Sir / The moſt vnutterable covvard, that ere nature / Bleſt vvith hard ſhoulders, vvhich vvere only giuen him, / To the ruine of baſtinados.

Where it comes from

From Spanish bastonada (compare French bastonnade), from baston (“a stick or staff”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bastinado (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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