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Meaning of bastonade | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To beat a person with a stick, especially on the soles of the feet.

archaic

Examples

“A lady, injured by an Austrian soldier, reproached him, and was bastonaded. Repeating her reproaches while under the bastonado, she was bastonaded more.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

bastonaded bastonades bastonading bat bat a thousand bat an eye