baqueta

baqueta
feminine noun
1. ramrod (de fusil)
  • tratar o llevar a la baqueta (figurative) -> to treat harshly
2. drumstick (Mús)

baqueta [bah-kay’-tah]
noun
1. Ramrod, gunstick. (f)
2. Switch used in a riding-house, in breaking in young horses. (f)
  • Mandar a baqueta -> a la baqueta, to command imperiously
  • Tratar a baqueta -> to treat a person in a haughty manner
noun, plural
3. Drumsticks.
4. Gantlet, gantlope, a military punishment.
5. Beads, reeds, a semicylindric moulding. (Architecture)
6. Rods of hollywood, used in beating wool.

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