BASTINADO

n. blow, beating (on the buttocks or soles of the feet); stick, rod, cudgel

v. blow or beat with a club; punish by beating on the soles of the feet with a stick

Bastinado was originally a Spanish word for the act of caning, in the literal sense of beating with a stick or similar implement. It is specifically used to refer to a form of torture or corporal punishment which consists of beating the soles of the offender's bare feet with a hard object, like a cane or rod, a club, a piece of wood, or a whip.
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Noun
1. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
(hypernym) cudgel
Verb
1. beat somebody on the soles of the feet
(hypernym) beat

(v. t.)
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
  

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).