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impalement - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'impalement' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Impalement [ n.]
- The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
- An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
- That which hedges in; inclosure.
- 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.