impalement
The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stakeThe act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
Pfählung
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the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
(countable, uncountable)The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
(countable, uncountable)A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French empalement; equivalent to impale + -ment.From Middle French empalement; equivalent to impale + -ment.
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Forms
plural: impalementsWord family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable