rood screen (redirected from rood screens)

rood screen

n.

In medieval churches, an often openwork wall-like screen separating the choir from the nave and extending upward to the rood beam.

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rood screen

Noun

(in a church) a screen separating the nave from the choir

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rood screen - a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty" screen - partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space