death house

noun

1. a building or part of a prison in which persons condemned to death await execution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of death house¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

She stayed in a private bedroom in the death house while awaiting the final judicial rejection of an appeal.

From The Daily Beast

The party entered the death house, and at once were ushered into the room where Shay and Jim were sitting.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a flower mausoleum; a vault of bouquets, a death-house of memories.

From Project Gutenberg

Clancy would have stopped the procession to the death-house to powder her nose.

From Project Gutenberg

I was able to see Callista several times in the death house.

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They expect to take me out of this precinct jail to the District prison and eventually to the death house.

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