electric chair
noun
a chair used to electrocute criminals sentenced to death.
the penalty of legal electrocution.
Origin of electric chair
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words nearby electric chair
Example sentences from the Web for electric chair
He broke off, with a wave of his hand toward the man who had just sentenced himself to death in the electric-chair.
Within the Law |Marvin Dana
British Dictionary definitions for electric chair
electric chair
noun (in the US)
- an electrified chair for executing criminals
- the electric chair execution by this method