Bastonade vs. Bastinade: What's the Difference?

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

A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

A stick or cudgel.

To subject to a beating; thrash.

A blow with a stick or cudgel.

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.

To beat in this manner.

To bastinado.