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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 impalement
 刺住;刺刑

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Em·pale·ment n.  [Written also impalement.]
 1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
 2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
 3. Her. Same as Impalement.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Im·pale·ment n.
 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
 2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.]
 4. Her. The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 impalement
      n : the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of
          punishment or torture