brazen bulls

A form of brazen bull — An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of brazen bull
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