ALL meanings of impalement
im·pale
I i - verb with object impalement to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like. 1
- verb with object impalement to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment. 1
- verb with object impalement to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything pointed. 1
- verb with object impalement to make helpless as if pierced through. 1
- verb with object impalement Archaic. to enclose with or as if with pales or stakes; fence in; hem in. 1
- verb with object impalement Heraldry. to marshal (two coats of arms, as the family arms of a husband and wife) on an escutcheon party per pale. (of a coat of arms) to be combined with (another coat of arms) in this way. 1
- noun impalement The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake. 1
- noun impalement The joining of two coats of arms on one shield. 0