Definitions for: Impalement


[n] the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: cruelty, inhuman treatment

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