Rood

rōōd, n. the fourth part of an acre, or forty perches—from the rod used in measuring: a figure of Christ's cro , and often of the crucifix, esp. that placed at the entrance to the choir in medieval churches.— ns. Rood′-beam ( arch it. ), a beam acro the chancel of a church for supporting the rood; Rood′-loft , a gallery over the rood-screen; Roodmas-day , Holy-rood-day; Rood′-screen , an ornamental partition separating the choir from the nave; Rood′-steep′le , a spire built over the entrance to the chancel; Rood′-tree , the cro ; Hō′ly-rood , a crucifix. [Same as rod . A.S. ród .]