empaling
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]
1.To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. [1913 Webster]
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.— Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]
2.To inclose; to surround. See Impale. [1913 Webster]
3.To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. [1913 Webster]
4.(Her.) Same as Impale. [1913 Webster]