Usually means: Beating soles of feet punishment.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bastinado)

noun:  A blow with a cudgel or stick.
noun:  Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
verb:  (transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
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