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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Empalement

· Em·pale·ment · IPA
01 n. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
  1. 1.
    A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
  2. 2.
    A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
  3. 3.
    Same as Impalement.(Her.) See: Impalement