EMPA'LEMENT, noun A fencing, fortifying or inclosing with stakes; a putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body. 1. In botany, the calyx or flower-cup of a plant, which surrounds the fructification, like a fence of pales. 2. In heraldry, a conjunction of coats of arms, pale-wise.
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