The action of transfixing on a pointed stake, etc. (see impale, v. 4a 4b): = impalement, n. 4.
The torture or punishment of impaling (see impale, v. 4).
Military. The use of the picket (picket, n.1 1) as a punishment; an instance of this. Now historical.
= impalement, n. 4.
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