Definition of "impalement"

The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.  examples

(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.  examples

A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup.  examples

(botany, obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)  quotations