Citations:assommoir


 * 1986, Country Life
 * This joins onto the outer curtain wall that, with its towers , completely skirts the castle except for small break on the west . It was the west side which ... It possesses a drawbridge and an assommoir for pouring boiling oil.
 * 2006, Atlantic Coast
 * All that remains of the 13C castle is a ruined outer wall and an imposing circular keep among luxurious vegetation . ... guiding the portcullis, and an assommoir ( a platform from which objects could be dropped on attackers ) etc.
 * 2007, Stefano Bianca, Syria: Medieval Citadels Between East and West, Umberto Allemandi
 * The moat and the surrounding wall are among the most impressive features of the fortress . ... less elaborate than that of the tower - gate, is surmounted by a large lintel , behind which is an assommoir , or fall - trap.