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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

empalement

, fr.

empaler

. See

[Written also

impalement

A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

(Her.)

Same as

Noun.

A fencing, fortifying or inclosing with stakes; a putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body.

In botany, the calyx or flower-cup of a plant, which surrounds the fructification, like a fence of pales.

In heraldry, a conjunction of coats of arms, pale-wise.

empalement ‎(plural empalements)