impalement

1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.

   Pfählung

   посаже́ние на́ колposažénije ná kol

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

2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.

3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.

4. (исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)

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