Empale /(?)/

1. To make pale. [Obs.]

   No bloodless malady empales their face.

imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling

1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

   All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.

2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
4. Same as Impale. (Her.)