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Impale vs Enfiled - What's the difference?

impale | enfiled |

As a verb impale

is to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

As an adjective enfiled is

(heraldry) having some object, such as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it.

impale

English

Alternative forms

* empale (obsolete)

Verb

(impal)
  • to pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
  • more generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.

    • enfiled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Having some object, such as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it.

    • Usage notes

    * The piercing element is said to be "enfiled of" the thing that it pierces. (Webster 1913)