| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.[Websters]
2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.[Websters]. | |
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"EMPALEMENT" is a common misspelling or typo for: emplacement, impalement, impalements. |
Date "EMPALEMENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, noun. [Compare to the French expression empalement, from empaler. See Empale.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMPALEMENT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A fencing, fortifying or inclosing with stakes; a putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body.. | 2: [Noun] In botany, the calyx or flower-cup of a plant, which surrounds the fructification, like a fence of pales.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Law | EMPALEMENT. A punishment in which a sharp polo was forced up the fundament. Encyc. Lond. h.t. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
