impalement

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impalement

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Demonstrations of impalement. The one on the right shows how the result could be unrecognizable (hence quartering became preferred).

• empalement (obsolete)

From Middle French empalement;^[1] equivalent to impale +‎ -ment.

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impalement (countable and uncountable, plural impalements)

1. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
2. (heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
3. A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
4. (botany, obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)
   • 1823, Charles Mead, The School Exercise:

     The parts of fructification are seven in number... The First part is the calyx, impalement, or flower cup.