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empalement |
1 definition 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}.
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