'Empaled' definitions:
Definition of 'Empaled'
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]