Bastinado
Bastinado noun - A heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment.
Usage example: the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado
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Switch
Switch noun - A long thin or flexible tool for striking.
Usage example: struck the horse's hide with a leather switch, and it took off at a gallop
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