rood screen
noun
a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church.
Origin of rood screen
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby rood screen
roo bars,
rood,
rood arch,
rood beam,
rood loft,
rood screen,
rood spire,
roodepoort,
roodepoort-maraisburg,
roof,
roof garden
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British Dictionary definitions for rood screen
rood screen
noun
a partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation