electric chair
noun
1.
a chair used to electrocute criminals sentenced to death.
2.
the penalty of legal electrocution.
Origin
1870-75,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
electric chair
Chapman was interested in devising a more humane alternative to the
electric chair
or firing squad.
Responding to the report, the president has said he would be happy to sit in the
electric chair
on behalf of his country.
In those days, the
electric chair
was viewed as a humane instrument, however.
Visitors can see the original
electric chair
, authentic inmate contraband and officer's weapons.
British Dictionary definitions for
electric chair
electric chair
noun
(
in the US
)
1.
an electrified chair for executing criminals
the electric chair,
execution by this method