rood

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The team also recovered well-preserved painted sculptures and many pieces of the medieval rood screen, which once divided congregants from clergy until it was demolished under Louis XIV.

From Science Magazine

There’s another reference that says a clock was installed above the rood screen of a church.

From Scientific American

The last plot for Holy Rood — “rood” means “cross” in Scottish — was sold in 1915.

From Washington Post

Visitors wander around the cathedral, many craning their necks to take in the details of the roof or the dominating rood screen.

From BBC

Beyond the house, the road meandered upward past more villas, then dustily through a cluster of old cottages around the medieval parish church, which had a distinguished rood screen.

From The New Yorker