1. （尤指美国处决犯人的）电椅，电刑
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.

1. an instrument of execution by electrocution
resembles an ordinary seat for one person

e.g. the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair

Synonym: chairdeath chairhot seat