Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels;
[syn: bastinado, falanga]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
falanga
n 1: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten
with whips or cudgels [syn: bastinado, falanga]