impalement (English, noun)
expansion: impalement (countable and uncountable, plural impalements)
Senses:
glosses: The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
Forms:
form: impalements
tags: plural
form: empalement
tags: alternative