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noun
The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cruelty, inhuman treatment
History
From Middle French empalement; equivalent to impale + -ment.
Across languages
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