Impalement

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

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

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