Meanings
verbbastonade (third-person singular simple present bastonades, present participle bastonading, simple past and past participle bastonaded)
present singular third person bastonades · participle present bastonading · participle past bastonaded · past bastonaded
- archaicTo beat a person with a stick, especially on the soles of the feet.
A lady, injured by an Austrian soldier, reproached him, and was bastonaded. Repeating her reproaches while under the bastonado, she was bastonaded more.
1851, Theodore Dwight, The Roman Republic of 1849
Origin
From baston, early spelling of baton + -ade.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish but see bastonada
- but see bastonadaTranslations
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APA
bastonade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastonade
MLA
“bastonade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastonade. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bastonade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastonade.
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