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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Empalement  \Em*pale"ment\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  empalement,  fr  empaler. 
  See  {Empale}.]  [Written  also  {impalement}.] 
  1.  A  fencing,  inclosing,  or  fortifying  with  stakes. 
 
  2.  A  putting  to  death  by  thrusting  a  sharpened  stake  through 
  the  body. 
 
  3.  (Her.)  Same  as  {Impalement}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impalement  \Im*pale"ment\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  impaling,  or  the  state  of  being  impaled. 
  --Byron. 
 
  2.  An  inclosing  by  stakes  or  pales,  or  the  space  so  inclosed. 
  --H.  Brooke. 
 
  3.  That  which  hedges  in  inclosure.  [R.]  --Milton. 
 
  4.  (Her.)  The  division  of  a  shield  palewise,  or  by  a  vertical 
  line  esp.  for  the  purpose  of  putting  side  by  side  the 
  arms  of  husband  and  wife.  See  {Impale},  3. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impalement 
  n  :  the  act  of  piercing  with  a  sharpened  stake  as  a  form  of 
  punishment  or  torture 




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