Etymology

bastinado

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Today it means: A blow with a cudgel or stick. Full definition →

Spanish bastonada
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frombastonada
  2. English todaybastinado

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

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