What's the difference between bastinado and falanga?
Bastinado
Definition:
(n.) A blow with a stick or cudgel.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.