impalement
Noun
Meaning
The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
That which hedges in; inclosure.
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.
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Often, the victim was hoisted into the air after partial impalement.
The centre of the shaft of such lances could be designed to be hollow, in order for it to break on impact, as a further safeguard against impalement.
The New York Daily News printed a graphic photo of the young man's impalement on the front page.
This can be done in a number of ways, of which the simplest is impalement : dividing the field per pale and putting one whole coat in each half.