'Empale' definitions:

Definition of 'empale'

verb

Pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]

From: GCIDE

Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
No bloodless malady empales their face. --G. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. [1913 Webster]
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale. [1913 Webster]
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. [1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) Same as Impale. [1913 Webster]