| 释义 |
impaled, ppl. a.|ɪmˈpeɪld|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Fenced in, enclosed with a paling or fence. Also fig.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Jas. 34 The empaled compasse of the teethe and lippes. 1586J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 147/1 These arrogant and disloiall parts of these impaled malecontents. 1652in N. & Q. 8th Ser. (1893) IV. 77 That impaled ground called Hide Park. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVII. 133 That impaled territory.
2. Her. Placed side by side on a shield divided palewise: see prec. 3.
1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xiv. (ed. 3) 137 Neither the Heir nor the Cadets of any House bear the impaled Arms of their Father and Mother. 1882Cussans Her. xii. (ed. 3) 166 Impaled Arms are not hereditary.
3. Transfixed upon a stake, etc.: see impale v. 4. |