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]