The Collaborative International Dictionary
Empalement
Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
(Her.) Same as Impalement.
Wiktionary
empalement
n. (obsolete form of impalement English)