impalementn.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpeɪlm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpeɪlmənt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s em-.

Etymology: < French empalement (1600 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < empale-r to impale v.; but in recent use perhaps directly from the English verb: see -ment suffix.

The action of impaling, or that which impales.

a. The action of enclosing with pales or stakes; concrete an enclosing fence or palisade.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier > enclosing fence or paling

hurdisa1352

gratea1400

palis?a1400

palisade1588

palisado1589

ring hedge1607

impalement1611

ring fence1614

palisadoing1661

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > surrounding

ring hedge1607

impalement1611

ring fence1614

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > with or as with paling

paling?1469

impaling1598

palisading1719

impalement1828

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > constructing or enclosing with fences

railing?a1450

paling?1469

stowering1557

fencing1628

palisading1729

impalement1828

staking1897

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 655/1 To fortifie their battels with a Palizado, or empalement of stakes.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 154 The Impalement about them exactly square.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 12 The prison..was encompassed by seven empalements of iron bars.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Empalement, a fencing, fortifying, or inclosing with stakes.

b. transferred and figurative (see impale v. 1b, 1c).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier

pale1552

wall1594

impalement1598

palisade1601

palisado1619

ring fence1795

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 96 The impalement may be made of more shot in a ranke.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 9 The rules of Church-discipline are..hedg'd about with such a terrible impalement of commands.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xiii. 57 With penitential tears, That through the dread impalement forc'd a way.

†2. Botany. Applied by early botanists to the calyx, and, in composite flowers, to the involucre. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > calyx

husk1530

impalement1672

perianthium1687

foot husk1688

calyx1693

coffin1727

vase1728

flower-cup1756

perianth1785

calyx-segment1870

hull1883

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 129 The general Parts [of the Flower] are most commonly three; the Empalement, the Foliation, and the Attire. The Empalement..I call that which is the utmost part of the Flower, encompassing the other two.

1730 J. Martyn in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 28 The Empalement of the Lactuca is squamous.

1735–6 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iv. (R.) The flower's forensic beauties now admire, The impalement, foliation, down, attire.

1799 Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 202 The male and female parts within the same empalement.

3. Heraldry. The marshalling of two coats of arms side by side on one shield divided palewise; the arms so marshalled.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > the various coats combined on a shield > combining two or more coats > specific

quarteringa1450

impaling1605

discincture1610

impalement1778

dimidiation1780

tierce1847

dimidiating1864

1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. viii. 154 Two coats of arms, containing empalements of Cannynge and of his friends.

1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 54 The usual mode adopted of combining the arms of two families is by impalement.

a. The torture or punishment of impaling (see impale v. 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > impaling or picketing

impaling1615

impalement1630

picketing1718

impalation1744

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 13 Tortures..as ex~oculations..impalements on stakes.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Empalement, or Impalement, a cruel kind of Punishment, wherein a sharp Pale, or Stake, is run up the Fundament and thro' the Body.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. ix. 46 To-morrow's evening sun Will sinking see impalement's pangs begun.

b. The act or fact of being impaled upon rocks, the spikes of a gate, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument > transfixion

transpiercing1592

transfixion1609

impaling1711

impalement1874

1874 Belgravia Aug. 175 There was..one tall church-steeple which by the celerity of its approach appeared..anxious that I should be impaled on its apex... I declare that the grotesqueness of the position of impalement—all legs and wings, like a cockchafer—..visibly occurred to me.

1885 Austral. Med. Jrnl. New 7th Ser. 436 A case of laceration of the rectum and jejunum by accidental impalement.

1887 Graphic 19 Mar. 307/2 His ship was rescued after impalement on a rock.

1921 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 272 Do you remember climbing the gate and just avoiding impalement?

1971 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 June 748/1 Perforation of the bladder following rectal impalement is extremely rare.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	impalement
释义	impalementn. Brit. /ɪmˈpeɪlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpeɪlmənt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s em-. Etymology: < French empalement (1600 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < empale-r to impale v.; but in recent use perhaps directly from the English verb: see -ment suffix. The action of impaling, or that which impales. 1. a. The action of enclosing with pales or stakes; concrete an enclosing fence or palisade. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier > enclosing fence or paling hurdisa1352 gratea1400 palis?a1400 palisade1588 palisado1589 ring hedge1607 impalement1611 ring fence1614 palisadoing1661 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > surrounding ring hedge1607 impalement1611 ring fence1614 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > with or as with paling paling?1469 impaling1598 palisading1719 impalement1828 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > constructing or enclosing with fences railing?a1450 paling?1469 stowering1557 fencing1628 palisading1729 impalement1828 staking1897 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 655/1 To fortifie their battels with a Palizado, or empalement of stakes. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 154 The Impalement about them exactly square. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 12 The prison..was encompassed by seven empalements of iron bars. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Empalement, a fencing, fortifying, or inclosing with stakes. b. transferred and figurative (see impale v. 1b, 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier pale1552 wall1594 impalement1598 palisade1601 palisado1619 ring fence1795 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 96 The impalement may be made of more shot in a ranke. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 9 The rules of Church-discipline are..hedg'd about with such a terrible impalement of commands. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xiii. 57 With penitential tears, That through the dread impalement forc'd a way. †2. Botany. Applied by early botanists to the calyx, and, in composite flowers, to the involucre. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > calyx husk1530 impalement1672 perianthium1687 foot husk1688 calyx1693 coffin1727 vase1728 flower-cup1756 perianth1785 calyx-segment1870 hull1883 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 129 The general Parts [of the Flower] are most commonly three; the Empalement, the Foliation, and the Attire. The Empalement..I call that which is the utmost part of the Flower, encompassing the other two. 1730 J. Martyn in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 28 The Empalement of the Lactuca is squamous. 1735–6 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iv. (R.) The flower's forensic beauties now admire, The impalement, foliation, down, attire. 1799 Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 202 The male and female parts within the same empalement. 3. Heraldry. The marshalling of two coats of arms side by side on one shield divided palewise; the arms so marshalled. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > the various coats combined on a shield > combining two or more coats > specific quarteringa1450 impaling1605 discincture1610 impalement1778 dimidiation1780 tierce1847 dimidiating1864 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. viii. 154 Two coats of arms, containing empalements of Cannynge and of his friends. 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 54 The usual mode adopted of combining the arms of two families is by impalement. 4. a. The torture or punishment of impaling (see impale v. 4). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > impaling or picketing impaling1615 impalement1630 picketing1718 impalation1744 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 13 Tortures..as ex~oculations..impalements on stakes. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Empalement, or Impalement, a cruel kind of Punishment, wherein a sharp Pale, or Stake, is run up the Fundament and thro' the Body. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. ix. 46 To-morrow's evening sun Will sinking see impalement's pangs begun. b. The act or fact of being impaled upon rocks, the spikes of a gate, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument > transfixion transpiercing1592 transfixion1609 impaling1711 impalement1874 1874 Belgravia Aug. 175 There was..one tall church-steeple which by the celerity of its approach appeared..anxious that I should be impaled on its apex... I declare that the grotesqueness of the position of impalement—all legs and wings, like a cockchafer—..visibly occurred to me. 1885 Austral. Med. Jrnl. New 7th Ser. 436 A case of laceration of the rectum and jejunum by accidental impalement. 1887 Graphic 19 Mar. 307/2 His ship was rescued after impalement on a rock. 1921 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 272 Do you remember climbing the gate and just avoiding impalement? 1971 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 June 748/1 Perforation of the bladder following rectal impalement is extremely rare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1598
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