bastinadoes

noun

variants or bastinades
plural of bastinado
as in canes
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado

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  1. canes
  2. batons
  3. billy clubs
Noun
  • Questions that have been proposed for removal deal with memory, fatigue, arthritis, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, as well as others about the use of hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs and scooters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This is because fruit development consumes much of the vine’s energy, so removing the fruit at this point allows the vine’s energy to continue to develop a strong cordon, canes (vertical shoots), and root system.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of canes
Noun
  • The study team gave them wooden batons and instructions to not physically harm the prisoners, but maintain law and order.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For days, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons, water cannons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of batons
Noun
  • Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • After about a minute and half, Mauldin said, police began to attack the demonstrators with billy clubs.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
Definition of billy clubs
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