ALL meanings of rood screen
rood screen
R r - noun rood screen a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church. 1
- noun rood screen 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 0
- noun rood screen an ornamental screen, usually with a rood above it supported by a beam (rood beam), serving as a partition between the nave and the chancel of a church 0