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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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