bas·ti·na·do
bastəˈnādō,ˌbastəˈnädō/

historical
noun
noun: bastinado
1. a form of punishment or torture that involves caning the soles of someone's feet.

verb: bastinado; 3rd person present: bastinadoes; past tense: bastinadoed; past participle: bastinadoed; gerund or present participle: bastinadoing
1. punish or torture (someone) by caning the soles of the feet.

Origin: late 16th century (denoting a blow with a stick): from Spanish bastonada, from bastón ‘stick, cudgel,’ from late Latin bastum ‘stick.’