v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impaled p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling. ] [ See 2d Empale. ] 1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then with what life remains, impaled, and left
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impale him with your weapons round about. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H. Brooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]