Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
   See {Empale}.] [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}.