chair used in the execution of criminals with sends an electrical shock through their body
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
The electric chair is a method of killing criminals, used especially in the United States, in which a person is strapped to a special chair and killed by a powerful electric current. a chair in which criminals are killed using electricity, especially in the US, in order to punish them for murder