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Definition of Death chamber
1. Noun. Instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Chamber
Literary usage of Death chamber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from Canadian Poets by Edward Hartley Dewart (1864)
"The sun of our glory ! The light of our eyes ! Weep not for the Saviour, For Jle
shall arise. VOICES OF THE DEATH-CHAMBER. MRS. ..."
2. Miscellanies by Harriet Martineau (1836)
"A death chamber. THIS weary watch ! In watching by the couch of another there is
no weariness; but this lonely tending of one's own sick heart is more than ..."
3. The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1897)
"The death chamber. — The Favourite's Portrait.— "The King, Gentlemen!" k)UIS XVIII.
survived the return of the Due d'Angouleme from Spain nearly ten months ..."
4. Through Russia: From St. Petersburg to Astrakhan and the Crimea by Maria Guthrie, Katharine Blanche Guthrie (1874)
"... Costume—Death-Chamber of the Emperor Nicholas—Russian Civilization—The Imperial
Library —Collection of Manuscripts—Caricatures—Autograph Letters—The ..."
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