To thrust a pointed stake through the body of, as a form of torture or capital punishment; to fix upon a stake thrust up through the body.
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > impale or picket (3) impale1613 To thrust a pointed stake through the body of, as a form of torture or capital punishment; to fix upon a stake thrust up through the body. picket1730 transitive. To punish or torture by means of the picket (picket, n.1 1). Obsolete. Subcategories:— on a stake (1) |
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