Associations to the word «Impalement»

Wiktionary

IMPALEMENT, noun. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
IMPALEMENT, noun. The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.

Dictionary definition

IMPALEMENT, noun. The act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats