Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a thrashing, a whipping.

1828		Morn. Chron. (London) 30 Sept. 1/5: This caning or bambooing is exercised in mannner that would satisfy even the greatest Parliamentary advocate for the flogging system.
1853		Kings Co. Chron. (Offaly, Ire.) 47 Sept. 4/3: He generously offered [...] to inflict any punishment they pleased upon the culprits, from docking their [pig]tails to bambooing them to death.
1859		Leeds Times 23 Apr. 7/5: Flogging, bambooing , and putting in irons are common punishments in Coolie ships.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.