English

Verb

impaling

1. present participle of impale

Noun

impaling ‎(plural impalings)

1. The act of something being impaled.
   • 1950, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies

     In inspecting numerous shrike impalings I find that where abundant impaling situations, such as barbed-wire fences, are at hand, the unfinished meals of shrikes are distributed along such fences at considerable intervals.

   • David T. Pudlevitcz, Blood of the Dragon

     I had seen many decapitations and skinnings, impalings and crucifixions […]